BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:440@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260425 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260426 DTSTAMP:20260418T172128Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/saturday-april-25-2026-the-holy- apostle-and-evangelist-mark/ SUMMARY:Saturday\, April 25\, 2026\; The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark DESCRIPTION:Polyeleos Feast\nAT GREAT VESPERS ON FRIDAY EVENING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed be our God… and the people have responded \, Amen\, the clergy sing the Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n \nPaschal Troparion\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nKathisma\n\n“Blesse d is the man…” is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 2\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nIn the deep of dawn\, the myrrh-bearing women* came to the Lord’s tomb bearing sweet-smelling spices\,* and finding that which they had not expected\,* they stood reve rently pondering the removal of the stone\,* and said one to another: Wher e are the seals of the sepulchre?* Where are Pilate’s watchmen and the s ecure sentry?* Upon which a radiant Angel\, proclaimed to the women saying to them:* “Why do you lament seeking Him that lives* and has given life to the race of mortals?* Christ our God has arisen from the dead\, since He is Almighty\,* granting to all incorruption\, life\, illumination\, and great mercy.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\ nWhy mingle tears with the myrrh-oils\, O women disciples?* The stone has been rolled away\, the sepulchre has been emptied.* Behold corruption has been trodden under by Life\,* the seals clearly bearing witness\,* the gua rds of the disobedient ones are fast asleep.* Mortal nature has been saved by the flesh of God\, Hades laments.* Hasten with joy\, and say to the Ap ostles:* Christ\, the Firstborn of the dead\, who caused death to die\,* g oes before you into Galilee.\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can st and?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nRising up ea rly and coming with earnestness to Your tomb\,* the Myrrh-bearers sought f or You so as to anoint Your immaculate Body\, O Christ.* And having been t old by the words of the Angel\,* they preached to the Apostles the tokens of joy:* that the Author of our salvation has arisen\, having despoiled de ath\,* and granting the world eternal life and great mercy.\n\nTone 1\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Y our promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nCome\, faithful\, let us sing praises to Mark.* He is the wise writer of the Gospel!* The greatest of Egypt's cities heard his inspired words.* Apostle\, by your prayers an d teachings\,* guide our lives in the way of peace!\n\nFrom the morning wa tch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nYou became a fellow trav eller of Paul\, the chosen vessel.* you accompanied him through all Macedo nia\;* then you followed Peter to Rome.* You were welcomed as his secretar y and interpreter.* But it was in Egypt\, all-wise Mark\,* that you finish ed your course in a manner well-pleasing to God!\n\nFor with the Lord ther e is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall re deem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nYou gave life to barren souls\,* w atering them with the radiant stream of your Gospel.* Because of you\, hol y Mark\,* Alexandria rejoices with us today\,* celebrating your blessed me mory!\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nMost blessed Mark\,* you drank from the fountain of delight\;* you became a river of peace\, flowing from Eden\,* surrounding us as a se a of protection.* The proclamation of your Gospel waters the face of the e arth.* By your divinely-inspired teaching the Church is established!\n\nSt rong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\ nMost praised Apostle Mark\,* Moses once drowned the Egyptians in the sea\ ,* but you\, wise one\, have drawn them up from the depths of error!* You lived with them\, and showed them power\,* destroying their idols with you r strong right arm!\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nGrace is poured out upon your lips\,* Apostle Mark.* you became a shepherd of Christ's Church.* You taug ht the sheep whom God endowed with reason* to believe in the consubstantia l Trinity\, one Godhead!\n\nNow... Tone 2\, Theotokion Dogmat:\n\nO Virgin \, the shadow of the Law passed away* with the realization of grace.* For as the bush had burned wiyout being consumed\,* so you gave birth while a virgin* and you remained a virgin.* Instead of the pillar of fire there ro se the Sun of Justice.* Instead of Moses\, Christ God came forth\,* the Sa viour of our souls.\n\nReadings\n\n(1) James 1:1-12\; (2) James 1:13-27\; (3) James 2:1-13\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 1\n\nMark\, learned in divine wisdom \,* you became the pen of a skilful scribe\,* writing of Christ's life wit h inspired words.* You clearly proclaim the good news of unending life!* W e beseech you: inscribe in the book of life* the names of all those who gl orify and praise your memory!\n\nTheir proclamation has gone out into all the earth\, and their words to the ends of the universe!\n\nMark\, you are worthy of highest praise!* You traversed the earth\, preaching the Gospel of Christ!* Like the sun\, you enlightened men with the rays of faith\,* driving away the darkness of idolatry.* Entreat Christ to grant peace and great mercy to our souls!\n\nThe heavens are telling the glory of God\, an d the firmament proclaims His handiwork!\n\nMost blessed Apostle Mark\,* y ou preached to people bound by the madness of idolatry.* Egypt's darkness was dispelled by the light of your words!* Entreat Christ\, whose Gospel y ou preached\,* to grant peace and great mercy to our souls!\n\nTone 8\, Gl ory…\n\nCome\, all you faithful\,* let us praise Mark in psalms and hymn s!* He is the herald of heavenly mysteries and interpreter of the Gospel.* He is a river of the spiritual paradise!* He waters the earth with living streams\,* that it may bear fruit for Christ our God.* Through his interc ession\,* forgiveness and great mercy are granted to all!\n\nTone 5\, Now. ..\n\nHow great is Your infinite compassion\, O Lover of mankind\;* for be cause of Your long-suffering You were struck by Your enemies\;* You were t ouched by an Apostle* and deeply pierced by those who denied You.* How did You become incarnate?* How were You crucified\, O Sinless One?* Teach us to cry out as Thomas:* My Lord and my God\, glory to You!\n\nTroparion\n\n Tone 3\n\nLearning from Peter the chief apostle* you too became an apostle of Christ\,* and shone on various lands like the sun.* O blessed one\, ad ornment of Alexandrians\,* through you Egypt was freed from deceit.* For y ou are a pillar of light for the Church* enlightening all with your teachi ng of the Good News.* Therefore\, we feast your memorial\, O Mark\, divine ly inspired.* Ask God whom you preached to all to grant our souls forgiven ess of sins.\n\nGlory… Now… Tone 2\n\nWhen You went down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* You struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your divi nity.* When You raised the dead from the nether world\,* all the powers of heaven cried out:* O Giver of life\, Christ our God\, glory be to You!\nA T FESTAL MATINS ON SATURDAY MORNING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Bles sed be our God… and the people have responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing t he Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChri st is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in t he tombs* giving life.\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\n God the Lord\n\nTroparia\n\nThe noble Joseph took down Your most pure Body from the tree.* He wrapped it with a clean shroud and aromatic spices\,* and placed it in a new tomb.* But on the third day You arose\, O Lord\,* g ranting the world Your great mercy.\n\nWhen You went down to death\, O Lif e Immortal\,* You struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your divinit y.* When You raised the dead from the nether world\,* all the powers of he aven cried out:* O Giver of life\, Christ our God\, glory be to You!\n\nGl ory… Tone 3\n\nLearning from Peter the chief apostle* you too became an apostle of Christ\,* and shone on various lands like the sun.* O blessed o ne\, adornment of Alexandrians\,* through you Egypt was freed from deceit. * For you are a pillar of light for the Church* enlightening all with your teaching of the Good News.* Therefore\, we feast your memorial\, O Mark\, divinely inspired.* Ask God whom you preached to all to grant our souls f orgiveness of sins.\n\nNow… Tone 2\n\nThe angel stood by the tomb and cr ied out to the women bringing ointment:* Ointments are for the dead\,* but Christ has shown Himself not subject to corruption.* So now cry out: The Lord is risen\,* bestowing great mercy upon the world.\n\nPsalter Reading\ n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 2\n\nNot having hindered the ston e of the tomb from being sealed\,* You\, on You arising\, have granted the rock of faith to all.* O Lord\, glory be to You.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God \, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\ nNot having departed from the immaculate bosom of the Father in the highes t\,* You accepted burial and Resurrection on behalf of all\,* O Lord\, glo ry be to You.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll of your most glorious mysteries ar e beyond comprehension\, O Theotokos\;* for\, your purity sealed and your virginity intact\,* you are known to be a true Mother\, having given birth to God.* Entreat Him that our souls be saved.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 2\n\nThe choir of Your disciples rejoice with one voice together with the Myrrhbearing women\, * for they celebrate a common feast with them\, * unto the glory and honour of Your Resurrecti on\; * and through them we cry to You: ** O Lord and Lover of mankind\, gr ant great mercy unto Your people.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe choir of Your disciples rejoice with one voice together with the Myrrhbearing women\, * for they celebrate a common feast with them\, * unto the glory and honour of Your Resurrection\; * and through them we cry to You: ** O Lord and Lov er of mankind\, grant great mercy unto Your people.\n\nPolyeleos\n\nMagnif ication\n\nWe extol you\, O apostle of Christ and evangelist Mark\, and we honour the pangs and labours with which you struggled in the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ.\n\nverse: The heavens declare the glory of God\, and the firmament proclaims the work of His hands.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\n Alleluia\, alleluia\, alleluia. Glory be to You\, O God! (3)\n\nSmall Lita ny\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 1\n\nHaving ascended to the summit of virtue\, O divine Mark\, as a godly preacher you have thundered down upon us the g reat mysteries of the dogmas of salvation. Wherefore in faith we entreat y ou\, O most blessed one\; free us from every sorrow\, offense and misfortu ne.\n\nGlory… Tone 4\n\nAs the Sun of righteousness Christ emitted you t o enlighten the whole earth with your wondrous gospel\, O glorious apostle and evangelist Mark\, by your godly supplications and your divine and nev er-waning light\, illumine and enlighten all who celebrate your holy memor y with faith.\n\nNow… Tone 8\n\nFilled with inspiration from on high and illumined with divine splendor\, O apostle\, you were deemed worthy to re count the miracles\, doctrines and dogmas of Christ in your glorious gospe l\, being an eye-witness of grace\, and a beholder of the mysteries of God . Entreat Christ God\, that He grant remission of sins unto those who with love honor your sacred memory.\n\nGradual Hymns\, Tone 4\n\nAntiphon 1\n\ nFrom my youth do many passions war against me\;* but do You Yourself defe nd* and save me\, O my Saviour.\n\nYou haters of Sion shall be shamed by t he Lord\;* for like grass\, by the fire* shall you be withered.\n\nGlory … Now…\n\nIn the Holy Spirit\, every soul is quickened\,* and\, throug h cleansing\, is exalted* and made radiant* by the Triple Unity in a hidde n sacred manner.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth into all the earth\, * and their words unto the ends of the world.\n\nver se: The heavens declare the glory of God\, and the firmament proclaims the work of His hands.\n\nLet everything that lives\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 10:1-15 \n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nTone 6\, Glory...\n\nThrough the int ercession of the holy apostles\,* O Merciful One\,* remit our many sins.\n \nNow...\n\nThrough the intercession of the Mother of God\,* O Merciful On e\,* remit our many sins.\n\nHave mercy on me\, O God\, in Your kindness. In Your compassion blot out my offense.\n\nYou followed after Christ\, O g odly Mark\,* and despising the world\, hid His teachings in your heart\,* and was thereby revealed to be His apostle and evangelist.* Wherefore\, go ing unto the darkened souls in Egypt\,* you enlightened them with the comm andments of the Saviour\,** that they might believe in the consubstantial Trinity.\n\nCanon\n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: Taking up the Song of Moses\,* O my s oul\, cry aloud:* “A helper and a protector has become to me salvation.* My God\,* whom I will glorify.”\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou were crucified in the flesh\, O You Who are passionless by the nature of the Father\; and You were pierced in the side\, thereby cau sing blood and water to spring forth for the world. You are our God\, and we glorify You.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nI honou r Your Cross and I glorify Your Burial\, O Good One\, and I praise and wor ship Your Arising\, and I cry out: You are our God\, and we glorify You.\n \nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYough You tasted of gall \, O You Who re the sweetness of the Church\, yet You caused incorruption to spring forth for us from Your side. You are our God\, and we glorify Yo u.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nO Saviour\, You were counted among the dead\, You Who raised up the dead. You tasted of corrup tion\, yough You did in no wise know corruption. You are our God\, and we glorify You.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nLet Sion r ejoice\, and let Heaven be glad\; Christ is risen\, having raised up the d ead who chant: You are our God\, and we glorify You.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nHaving wrapped Your Body with fine linen\, O Christ\, Joseph laid You\, our Salvation\, in a new sepulchre\; and as Go d\, You raised up the dead.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us!\n\nO blessed one\, who like a skillful fisherman have drawn me n forth from the deep of transgressions with your net\, illumine my soul w ith radiant splendors\, and grant that I may praise your memory as is meet \, O divinely revealed evangelist Mark.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mar k\, pray to God for us\n\nThe pre-eternal and supremely perfect God\, Who with the Father is equally beginningless\, appeared on earth incarnate as a man\, and showed you forth\, O blessed one\, as His fellow-laborer in gr ace and His most wise servant\, who art strengthened by His power.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nYou were a disciple of the most wise Peter\, and was greatly enriched thereby\, O all-glorious Mark\, showing yourself to be an initiate of the divine mysteries\, and o ne who followed in his glorious footsteps.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe Angel of Great Counsel\, having assumed flesh\, manifested Himself to the world through the Virgin Mother\, and showed you forth\, O father Mark\, as a d isciple adorned with virtues\, a divine herald proclaiming His words.\n\nK atavasia: O day of Resurrection!* Let us beam with festive joy!* This inde ed is the Lord’s own Pasch* for from death to life\, from earth to heave n Christ has led us\,* as we shout the vict’ry hymn.\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: My mind has not brought forth good fruit\,* but show me to be fruitful* in Your compassion O God\,* husbandman of all good things.\n\nGlory be to Yo u\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWhen Your palms were nailed to the Cross \, O Jesus\, You brought all the nations together out of error and called them to knowledge of You\, O Saviour.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe people of the Jews cried to Pilate: Release to us the v illainous thief\; away with the Sinless One\, away with Him\, crucify Him! \n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWhen You were crucifie d\, O Christ\, the light was darkened\, the earth was shaken\, and the man y of the dead arose from the grave out of fear of Your power.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nAs she stood at the Cross\, Your ew e-lamb cried out lamenting\, O Jesus: To where do you go\, my Son? To wher e do You depart\, O Lamb\, Who are slain on behalf of all?\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nI worship Your Cross\, I praise Your B urial\, I honour Your Passion\, and the nails in Your hands\, and the lanc e\, and Your Resurrection\, O Jesus.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou are arisen\, O Jesus\, the enemy is despoiled\, Adam is delivered together with Eve from the bonds of corruption by Your Resurrect ion.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nYour fri end Mark\, O Christ\, proclaiming You\, the hypostatic Wisdom\, hath there by enlightened the whole world O Lord\, with your abundantly splendid rays \, O Lover of mankind.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God f or us.\n\nO Christ\, Who lovest mankind\, Your eyewitness Mark\, having re ceived an ever flowing stream of wisdom resounding like a river\, hath wat ered the ends of the earth with the light of divine knowledge\, truly reve aling Your prophecy.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nManifestly following Peter\, O wise one\, as his disciple you  co py the Gospel\, receiving from him the light of theology and clearly procl aiming the coming of God in the flesh\, O apostle.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nY ou  cause the temples of the demons to quake\, O You Who were aforetime b orne to Egypt in the Virgin’s arms\, and thither You  send Mark\, that all might know of Your divine mystery and that You hadst become man.\n\nKa tavasia From barren rock behold the wonder!* The staff of Moses once drew water!* But we have something new to drink:* the drink of deathless life* from the rock that was His tomb\;* for in Him is all our might!\n\nSmall L itany\n\nKontakion of the Myrrhbearers\, Tone 2\n\nYou commanded the myrrh -bearers to rejoice\, O Christ God\,* and ended the grief of our mother Ev e by Your Resurrection.* You ordered the apostles to proclaim to all:* The Saviour is risen from the tomb.\n\nIkos\n\nAs the Myrrh-bearers went to Y our tomb\, O Saviour\, they were perplexed in mind and said to themselves: Who will roll the stone away from the sepulchre for us? And looking up\, they saw that the stone was rolled away. They were awestruck by the form o f the Angel and his raiment. They were taken with trembling and yought to flee\; and the youth cried to them: Be not afraid\; He Whom you seek is ri sen\; come\, behold the place where the body of Jesus lay\, and go quickly \, proclaim to the disciples: The Saviour is risen from the tomb.\n\n \n\ nSessional Hymn\, Tone 1 (of the Evangelist)\n\nHaving ascended to the sum mit of virtue\, O divine Mark\, as a godly preacher you have thundered dow n upon us the great mysteries of the dogmas of salvation. Wherefore in fai th we entreat you\, O most blessed one\; free us from every sorrow\, offen se and misfortune.\n\nGlory… Now…\, Tone 2\n\nThe women brought myrrh and came to Your sepulchre.* Their souls were filled with joy on seeing th e bright Angel’s light.* With great zeal and boldness\, O Lord\, they pr eached that You are the God of all\,* and to Your disciples they cried:* T he Life of all has arisen from the dead.\n\nOde 4\n\nIrmos: The prophet fo reseeing Your birth from a virgin\, prophesied crying aloud:* “I have he ard report of You\, and I was afraid\;* for from the South\, from the Over shadowed mountain* shall You come forth\, O Christ!”\n\nGlory be to You\ , our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nBy the Cross You bound the belly of Hades\ , and raised up the dead together with Yourself\, and destroyed the tyrann y of death. Therefore\, we who are of Adam worship and praise Your burial and arising\, O Christ.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\ nO our Saviour\, Whose good pleasure it was\, for the sake of Your compass ionate mercy to be nailed to the Cross and redeem us from the paternal cur se\, loose the bonds of my many transgressions\, for You are able to accom plish whatsoever You will.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You. \n\nO You Who nailed to the Cross my ancient curse and caused blessing to pour forth for me from Your side by Your blood\, O Saviour\, loose the bon ds of my many transgressions\, for You are able to accomplish whatsoever Y ou will.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWhen hades met You in the nethermost regions\, it was embittered\, O Saviour\, seeing th ose whom it had the power to devour aforetime\, now given up involuntarily \; and its depths searched out\, stripped\, and despoiled of its dead.\n\n Glory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYough the stone was sealed \, and the sentry was present\, O lawless foes\, yet the Lord arose as He foretold\, loosing the bonds of my many transgressions\, for He is able to accomplish whatsoever He wills.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be t o You.\n\nO You Who arose from the sepulchre and despoiled Hades and quick en the dead and caused incorruption to flow forth for me by Your arising\, loose Thu the bonds of my many transgressions\, for You are able to accom plish whatsoever You will.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to G od for us.\n\nYour sound hath gone forth into all the earth\, O most wise one\, and the power of your words manifestly extendeth to the ends of the world\, like David splendidly preaching our salvation and renewal.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nLike lightning Your most wise apostle hath appeared to the world\, O Savior\, announcing the j oy of truth\, illumined with the divine radiance of effulgence\, unto our salvation and renewal.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God f or us.\n\nYour feet were adorned prophetically\, for ineffably have you an nounced unto us the Peace that hath manifestly revealed Himself in the fle sh to the ends of the world\, unto our salvation and renewal.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe Word sat upon the cloud of the Virgin and\, in that He is me rciful\, He made foolish the counsels of Egypt and hath destroyed youghts adverse to God through the teachings of the divine Mark\, unto our salvati on and renewal.\n\nKatavasia Let God’s prophet Habakkuk* now stand with us in godly vigil!* And show the angel radiant with light* whose voice giv es forth the joyous news:* salvation visits the earth today\,* for Christ has risen in His might!\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: Having dispelled the gloom of m y soul\, O my Saviour\,* illumine me with the light of You commandments fo r You alone are the King of peace.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWhen You were clothed with me\, You divested me of my ancient garment which\, alas! the sower of sin wove for me\, O Saviour.\n\nGlory b e to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nAlas! My sin has sewn fig leaves for me who by the counsel of the serpent have not kept Your immaculate com mandment\, O Saviour.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nY ough my soul was wounded by my thieving youghts\; Christ\, Who came forth from Mary\, has healed it\, by pouring oil thereon.\n\nGlory be to You\, o ur God\, Glory be to You.\n\nStanding by the Cross\, the most pure Theotok os called out with a maternal voice: You have left me alone\, O my Son and God.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nBy the weapon of Your Cross\, You have put down the serpent\, the author of evil\, and by Y our arising You have broken the sting of death\, O Jesus.\n\nGlory be to Y ou\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nLet Adam also cry out: O Death\, where is your sting? O Hades\, where is your victory? You are destroyed by the q uickening of Him that raises the dead.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark \, pray to God for us.\n\nYou  let fall the sweetness of piety\, the show er of your divine words\, casting light over all in bright beams\, clearly revealed by the grace of the noetic Sun\, O all blessed and God-pleasing Mark.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nFrom th e house of the Lord you  pour forth a wellspring watering barren hearts a bundantly with spiritual streams\, teaching them to bring forth fruit inst ead of barrenness\, O apostle.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nYou were the son of the great Peter\, and illumined by h is teaching you  enlighten the souls who approached you fervently\, O ble ssed apostle\, seer of God.\n\nGlory… Now…      \n\nO Christ Who shone forth from the Father before all creation\, and were born of the Vir gin as a man\, You were sent to the Egyptians. For them\, O Wise One\, You   anoint Mark who hath taught them the mysteries of divine knowledge.\n\n Katavasia Now at daybreak* let us celebrate.* Let us gaze on Christ\, our Sun of holiness.* Instead of spices\,* let us offer Him our song* as He br ings forth life for all!\n\nOde 6\n\nIrmos: I am held fast in the depths o f sin O Saviour\,* and am overwhelmed by the sea of life\,* but as Jonah w as delivered from the sea-monster\,* so also deliver me from the passions\ , and save me.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nHades is dead\, take courage\, O you earthborn\, for while Christ was hanging upon the Tree\, He struck the sword against him\, and he lies dead\; for\, bei ng stripped naked\, he was despoiled of those he held.\n\nGlory be to You\ , our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nHades has been despoiled\, take courage\, O you dead\; and the tombs have been opened: arise. Thus did Christ cry to you from Hades\, as One Who has come to deliver all from death and corrup tion.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe dead\, which at one time you had the power to devour\, and which now are demanded of yo u\, give back to Me\, O Hades\, cries God\, the Giver of life\, Who has co me to deliver all from your insatiate belly.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\ , Glory be to You.\n\nO myrrh-bearing women\, why do you haveen now? Why d o you bring myrrh to the Living One? Christ is risen\, as He foretold. Let your tears cease and be changed into joy.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nHaving wrapped You in linen\, O Christ\, the noble Jos eph laid You in a tomb\; and having anointed with myrrh the fallen temple of Your Body\, he rolled a great stone before the sepulchre.\n\nGlory be t o You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe Lord is risen and has despoiled the enemy\, and having plucked out them that were in fetters\, He has led them all forth\, as well as Adam the first-fashioned\, when He raised them up\, since He is compassionate and the Lover of mankind.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nYou  set at naught the scorn of the wicked\, O Lord\, and  put down their prideful arrogance\, showin g forth Your apostle as a conqueror by Your might\, for You art the streng th and restoration of the afflicted.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nBy your words\, O wise Mark\, you  preach the Fas hioner of creation\, the Crown of hope wherewith we are now crowned\, and which\, to our glory\, hath been wrought of the nature of the flesh.\n\nHo ly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nO glorious one\, t he pre-eminent Peter clearly instructed you to mystically record the preci ous Gospel\, showing you to be a servant of divine grace\, for you  shed the light of divine knowledge upon us.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThrough the V irgin Mother of God  You enlighten Egypt which aforetime was in darkness\ , entering it as an infant\, O Lord\; and You  reprove its vanity through the teachings pf the divinely eloquent Mark\, O You Who lovest mankind.\n \nKatavasia: O Christ* You pierced the world beneath* and snapped infernal chains that bind forever!* But in three days You came forth from the tomb :* our Jonah from the belly of the whale!\n\nSmall Litany\n\nKontakion of the Evangelist\, Tone 2:\n\nYou received from on high the grace of the Spi rit\,* and destroyed the snares of the orators\,* O Mark\, most glorious a postle.* You caught the nations and brought them to the Master* by preachi ng to them the divine Good News.\n\nIkos\n\nA disciple of the pre-eminent apostle\, with him you  preach Christ the Son of God\, rendering steadfas t upon the rock of truth those who were shaken by falsehood. Do you also m ake me steadfast thereon\, and set aright my steps\, that\, delivered from the snares of the enemy\, I may glorify you wiyout faltering\, for you ha ve enlightened all\, O wise Mark\, preaching the divine Gospel.\n\nOde 7\n \nIrmos: Like the Cherubim\, the Children rejoicing in the furnace sang:* “Blessed are You\, O God\,* for in truth You have brought this judgment upon us because of our sins\,* You are supremely praised and glorified thr oughout all ages.”\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYo u\, as the Lover of mankind\, wishing to save from error all whom You had fashioned\, deigned to be nailed to the Cross\, that by Your flesh You mig ht renew this image demolished by the passions\, O Saviour\; and despoilin g Hades\, You raised up the dead with Yourself.\n\nGlory be to You\, our G od\, Glory be to You.\n\nWhen You were lifted up upon the Cross\, O Compas sionate One\, You called all to Yourself\, as You promised\, O Good One. F or in truth\, You were pleased to suffer all these things because of our s ins. Therefore\, You also opened the gates of Paradise to the thief\, O Sa viour.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou raised up th e fallen temple of Your Body from the grave on the third day\, as You prom ised\, O Good One\, that in truth You might make known Your glory which Yo u caused to flow for us through faith\; and You took away those who were i n bonds\, whom Hades had held of old in fetters.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nO mindlessness of the Jews! O frenzy of the lawl ess! What thing did you see\, that you believed not in Christ? For did He not by a word raise up the sick? Or did He not Himself save the whole worl d? At least\, let the soldiers or those that arose from the dead convince you.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nLet the guards who became as dead now say: How was He stolen\, Whom the ungrateful ones in n o wise saw? For if they saw Him not arisen\, how would they ever have perc eived how He was stolen? At least\, let this stone and Christ’s funeral shrouds convince you.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nW hom do you guard as dead? What seals have you placed upon the stone\, O Je ws\, who fear the fear of theft? Behold\, in truth the grave is sealed. Ho w\, therefore\, did He arise\, were Christ not God? Let them that arose an d were seen by many convince you.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pr ay to God for us.\n\nIllumined with divine rays\, you dost mystically\, by reflection\, emit radiant beams\, O most blessed Mark\, for you  preach the Word incarnate\, the Timeless One\, the praised and supremely glorious God of our fathers.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nO Maker of all\, having armed your divinely eloquent disciple with divinely effective power\, You  make of him a wonderworker\, for he hath dispelled affliction and healed wounds\, preaching You\, the supremely pr aised and supremely glorious God.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pr ay to God for us.\n\nHaving as teacher the divine Peter\, the first in ran k among the choir of the apostles\, you  show yourself to be like unto hi m\, for you  bring order to all the fullness of the Church of the supreme ly praised and supremely glorious God of our fathers.\n\nGlory… Now…\n \nFollowing the saying of Isaiah\, O most glorious one\, you  yourself se t up a pillar in Egypt: the scripture of your Gospel\, for Him Who\, wiyou t seed\, was born of the Mother of God\, proclaiming our supremely praised and supremely glorious God.\n\nKatavasia: As He rescued three young men f rom furnace flames* by His passion* He has rescued us from death\,* this O ne who took our flesh and suffered like all mortals.* He alone is blessed and full of glory:* the only God!* The One our Fathers knew!* Ever robed i n splendid glory!\n\nOde 8\n\nIrmos: To Him Who of old prefigured the mira cle of the Virgin\,* to Moses in the burning-bush* on Mount Sinai\,* let u s sing\, bless and supremely exult throughout all ages.\n\nGlory be to You \, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe beams of the sun withdrew themselves in fear before the sufferings of Christ\, and the dead arose\, and the mou ntains shook\, and the earth trembled\, and Hades was laid bare.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe thrice-blessed Children who were in the furnace of old\, raising up their hands\, prefigured Your imma culate Cross\, O Good One\, whereby You cast down the might of the enemy\, O Christ.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nO blind Jews \, deceivers and transgressors\, who disbelieved Christ’s arising as you gh it were a lie: What do you see that is unbelievable? that Christ\, Who raised up the dead\, is risen?\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWho is it that withered the fig tree? Who is it that healed the wi thered hand? Who is it that once filled the multitude in the wilderness? I s it not Christ God\, Who raised up the dead?\n\nGlory be to You\, our God \, Glory be to You.\n\nWho is it that raised from the grave\, the man four -days dead\, and the son of the widow? Who is it that\, as God\, strengthe ned the paralytic on his bed? Is it not Christ God\, Who raised up the dea d?\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nThe stone itself cri es\, the seals call out\; when you placed them\, you appointed a watch to guard the tomb. Truly Christ is risen\, and He lives throughout the ages.\ n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nChrist\, the Word begotten of the Father before all ages\, Who clothed Himself in human nature\,  you preach\, O glorious one\; and you  cry aloud: O all ye wo rks of the Lord\, hymn and supremely exalt the Lord throughout all ages!\n \nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nO glorious one \, you  glorify Christ Who gaveth Himself as deliverance from our offense and passion and raised up the fallen\; and you  cry: O all ye works of t he Lord\, hymn and supremely exalt the Lord throughout all ages!\n\nLet us bless the Lord: Father\, Son\, and Holy Spirit… \n\nSubmitting to the m ost wise teaching of Peter\, O Mark\, you  most wisely commit to writing the precious Gospel for the faithful who cry aloud: O all ye works of the Lord\, hymn and supremely exalt the Lord throughout all ages!\n\nNow…\n\ nBearing Emmanuel as an infant\, the Virgin stood before the Egyptians\, t o whom Mark is set like a radiant star\, crying aloud: O all ye works of t he Lord\, hymn and supremely exalt the Lord throughout all ages!\n\nKatava sia: That hallowed and chosen day has come!* Of all holy Sabbaths the firs t and foremost:* the very expectation of the people of God.* The Festivals of festivals\;* of all solemnities the greatest:* when all of us bless Ch rist forever!\n\nThe Song of the Theotokos (Magnificat) is sung.\n\nOde 9\ n\nIrmos: In a manner surpassing nature* has the Word who timelessly shone forth from the Father\,* been conceived within a womb\, according to the flesh\,* O faithful\, with never silent hymns\, let us magnify Him.\n\nGlo ry be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nWhen the thief recognized You as God upon the Cross\, You made him an heir of the noetic Paradise\, as he cried out: Remember me\, O Almighty Saviour.\n\nGlory be to You\, our G od\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou were smitten for our sake\, You were spat upo n by the lawless men\, O Jesus\, Who inscribed the tablets of the Law on M ount Sinai for Your servant Moses.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou were pierced in Your life-creating side\, O Christ\, and Y ou caused Your immaculate Blood and the precious Water to flow forth as an ever-living fount for the world.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nYou were accounted among the dead\, O You Who quickened the dea d\; You were laid in a grave\, Who emptied the graves\; You despoiled Hade s\, O You Who resurrected Adam.\n\nGlory be to You\, our God\, Glory be to You.\n\nGlory be to You\, O Christ Saviour\, Who caused life to flow fort h\, and the light to shine upon those in the darkness of ignorance\, and W ho have illumined the whole world by Your arising.\n\nGlory be to You\, ou r God\, Glory be to You.\n\nLet us acclaim the wondrous Joseph\, as well a s Nicodemus and the faithful Myrrh-bearers\, O faithful\, as we cry out: T he Lord is truly risen.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nHaving reached the ineffable wellspring of the three-sunned rad iance O divinely revealed one\, and most manifestly delighting in the divi nity therein\, which is beyond the mind of mortals\, you dost now unceasin gly rejoice with the angels O most blessed one.\n\nHoly apostle and evange list Mark\, pray to God for us.\n\nAs on who was familiar with the teachin gs of Peter\, and his godly preaching\, you dwellest now in the heavenly m ansions with him\, O most blessed and godly spoken one\, do you pray for u s O apostle Mark.\n\nHoly apostle and evangelist Mark\, pray to God for us .\n\nThe Light\, thrice-radiantly joined and strangely unified\,  you pio usly preach\, a right worthy one\, illumined by a ray of grace. Wherefore\ , we entreat you: Ever offer supplication in our behalf.\n\nGlory… Now …\n\nThe honored apostle Mark was given as a holy hierarch to the Egypti ans\, to whom the Lord of glory had also come\, incarnate as a babe throug h the pure Virgin Mother of God\; and Him do we magnify as is meet.\n\nKat avasia: Shine\, shine\, O new Jerusalem!* for the glory to the Lord has ri sen upon you!* Exult now and be glad\, O Sion!* And you\, O chavee Mother of God\,* take delight* in the resurrection of your Son.\n\nSmall Litany\n \nHymn of Light\n\nHaving been taught heavenly wisdom\, you  destroy with your tongue the nets of the orators and the deceptions of the astrologers \, O most glorious apostle Mark\; and as a disciple of Peter you  preach the words of the Gospel to the world. (Twice)\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHearke n\, ye women\, and give ear unto the voice of joy\, for I have trampled do wn tyrant Hades and raised the world from corruption. Hasten ye quickly an d proclaim the gladsome tidings to My friends\; for I have willed that joy shine forth thence upon all My creation from whence there first came sorr ow.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 2\n\nTo carry out the sen tence pre-ordained:* this honour is for all His faithful.\n\nEverything th at breathes and every creature glorifies You\, O Lord\,* for through Your Cross You destroyed death* and thus shown the multitude of peoples Your Re surrection from the dead\,* as You alone love mankind.\n\nPraise God in Hi s holy place\, praise Him in His mighty heavens.\n\nLet the Jews tell how the soldiers lost the King they were guarding.* Why then did the stone not guard the rock of life?* Either let them give up the one who was buried o r adore Him as risen\,* exclaiming together with us:* Glory to the multitu de of Your mercies:* O Saviour\, glory be to You!\n\nPraise Him for His po werful deeds\,* praise His surpassing greatness.\n\nRejoice O peoples and be glad!* for an Angel sat upon the grave stone* and gave us good tidings saying:* Christ is risen from the dead* and has filled the universe with s weet fragrance.* Rejoice O peoples and be glad!'\n\nTone 1\n\nO praise Him with sound of trumpet\,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nO all-blessed Mark\, * you drank from a sweet stream\, * the pure river of peace * whic h flows most splendidly from Eden\, * flooding the face of the earth with the waters  of your preaching of the Gospel * and pouring forth divinely inspired teachings ** upon the firmament of the Church.\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and pipes.\n\nO Mark most gl orious\, * in times past Moses drowned the Egyptians in the sea\, * but yo u\, O most wise one\, led them forth from the sea of deception * by the po wer of Him Who had come to them in the flesh * and utterly destroyed the w orks of their hands ** with His lofty arm.\n\nO praise Him with resounding cymbals\, praise Him with clashing of cymbals.* Let everything that lives and that breathes give praise to the Lord.\n\nO Mark most sacred\, * abid ing in the light of the Spirit\, you were wholly spiritual\; * and now\, O spiritually rich apostle\, deified by adoption and through abundant visio ns * and exceedingly blessed radiance\, * you have attained the summit of your mystery\, ** the longed-for goal.\n\nGlory… Tone 6\n\nO fisherman m ost wise\, holy disciple\,* husbandman of the Saviour and recounter of His sufferings\,* you who traversed the world with faith\,* and\, having gath ered the deluded gentiles\, led them to God:* as a sweet-smelling fragranc e of incense have you been wafted up to the heavens.* Wherefore\, standing before the Judge\,* pray that we be delivered from our transgressions* an d from torment on the day of judgment.\n\nNow… Tone 1\n\nMary Magdalene and the other Mary * came unto the tomb\, seeking the Lord. * And they beh eld an Angel like unto lightning sitting upon the stone\, * and saying unt o them: * Why do you seek the Living among the dead? * He has arisen as He said\; * you shall find Him in Galilee. * Wherefore let us cry unto Him:* O You Who arose from the dead\,* Lord\, glory be to You.\n\nGreat Doxolog y\n\nTrisagion Prayers\n\nTroparia\, Tone 3\n\nLearning from Peter the chi ef apostle* you too became an apostle of Christ\,* and shone on various la nds like the sun.* O blessed one\, adornment of Alexandrians\,* through yo u Egypt was freed from deceit.* For you are a pillar of light for the Chur ch* enlightening all with your teaching of the Good News.* Therefore\, we feast your memorial\, O Mark\, divinely inspired.* Ask God whom you preach ed to all to grant our souls forgiveness of sins.\n\nGlory… Now…\, Ton e 2\n\nWhen You went down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* You struck Hades d ead with the blazing light of Your divinity.*When You raised the dead from the nether world\, all powers of heaven cried out:* O Giver of Life\, Chr ist our God\, glory to You!\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\ n\nGreat Dismissal\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SATURDAY MORNING\nAfter the pries t has exclaimed\, Blessed be the Kingdom… and the people have responded\ , Amen\, the clergy sing the Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\ nPaschal Troparion\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\ n\nTroparion\, Tone 2: When You went down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* Yo u struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your divinity.* When You rai sed the dead from the nether world\,* all the powers of heaven cried out:* “O Giver of Life\, Christ our God\, glory be to You!”\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2: The noble Joseph took down Your most pure body from the tree.* He wrapped it with a clean shroud and aromatic spices* and placed it in a new tomb.* But on the third day You arose\, O Lord\,* granting the world Your great mercy.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 3: Learning from Peter the chief apostle * you too became an apostle of Christ\,* and shone on various lands like t he sun.* O blessed one\, adornment of Alexandrians\,* through you Egypt wa s freed from deceit.* For you are a pillar of light for the Church* enligh tening all with your teaching of the Good News.* Therefore\, we feast your memorial\, O Mark\, divinely inspired.* Ask God whom you preached to all to grant our souls forgiveness of sins.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: You receive d from on high the grace of the Spirit\,* and destroyed the snares of the orators\,* O Mark\, most glorious apostle.* You caught the nations and bro ught them to the Master* by preaching to them the divine Good News.\n\nGlo ry be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakio n\, Tone 2: You commanded the myrrh-bearers to rejoice\, O Christ God\,* a nd ended the grief of our mother Eve by Your Resurrection.* You ordered th e apostles to proclaim to all:* “The Saviour is risen from the tomb.”\ n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: Yough You desce nded into a tomb\, O Immortal One\,* yet You destroyed the power of Hades\ ;* and You rose as victor\, O Christ God\,* calling to the myrrh-bearing w omen: Rejoice!* and giving peace to Your Apostles:* You\, who grant Resurr ection to the fallen.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 6\n\nSave Your people\, O Lord \, * and bless Your inheritance.\n\nverse: Unto You I will cry\, O Lord\, my God\, lest You turn from me in silence. (Psalm 27:9\,1)\n\nProkeimenon\ , Tone 8\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth into all the earth\, and their words unto the ends of the world.\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 9:20-31\; 1 Peter 5:6 -14\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: You have shown favour to Your land\, O Lord\; You brought back the captives of Jacob.\n\nverse: Mercy and truth h ave met\; righteousness and peace have embraced. (Psalm 84:2\,11)\n\nverse : The heavens shall confess our wonders\, O Lord\, and Your truth in the c hurch of the saints.\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 15:17-16:2\; Mark 6:7-13\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nThe Angel cried out to the One full of Grace: O chavee V irgin\, rejoice! And again I say\, Rejoice! Your Son has risen from the to mb on the third day\, and raised the dead. Let all people rejoice! Shine\, shine\, O new Jerusalem\, for the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! E xult now and be glad\, O Sion! And you\, O chavee Mother of God\, take del ight in the resurrection of your Son.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nReceive the Bod y of Christ\;* taste the fountain of immortality.* Praise the Lord from th e heavens\; praise Him in the highest.* Their utterance has gone forth int o all the earth\,* and their words unto the ends of the world.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia.\n\nInstead of Blessed is He Who comes… we sing:\n \nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to thos e in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of We have seen the true light… we sing:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* a nd to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of May our mouths be fil led… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of Bl essed be the name of the Lord… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen f rom the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giv ing life.\n\nAt the dismissal\, instead of Glory be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, now and forever and ever. Amen. we chant:\n\nChr ist is risen from the dead\, trampling death by death\,* and to those in t he tombs giving life.\n\nAfter the final Amen\, the Troparion Christ is ri sen is sung as at the beginning of the Liturgy\, but with the addition:\n\ nAnd to us He has granted life eternal\;* we bow down before His resurrect ion on the third day. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Edmonton X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Edmonton BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR