BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:530@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260725 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260726 DTSTAMP:20260713T185737Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/saturday-july-25-2026-the-dormit ion-of-saint-anna-mother-of-the-most-holy-godbearer-the-holy-women-olympia da-and-eupraxia/ SUMMARY:Saturday\, July 25\, 2026\; The Dormition of Saint Anna\, Mother o f the Most Holy Godbearer\; The Holy Women Olympiada and Eupraxia. DESCRIPTION:Polyeleos Feast\n\nAT GREAT VESPERS ON FRIDAY EVENING\n\nKathis ma Reading\n\nBlessed is the man… is chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\ , Podoben “You have given a sign…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\ , who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\n You faithfully observed the Law* and worked unceasingly for God the Creato r.* He granted you motherhood\, Anna:* your child brought forth Christ in the flesh.* With the Virgin Mother we honour you\,* and celebrate today yo ur holy dormition.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my sou l patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nY ou faithfully observed the Law* and worked unceasingly for God the Creator .* He granted you motherhood\, Anna:* your child brought forth Christ in t he flesh.* With the Virgin Mother we honour you\,* and celebrate today you r holy dormition.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nDivinely wise Anna\, you gave birth to the Bearer of Life! * You presented your pure child to a life with God.* Together with the hea venly hosts\, you rejoice in the riches from on high.* We commemorate your falling asleep\,* and on this day we honour the divine wisdom in faith!\n \nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redem ption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nDivinely w ise Anna\, you gave birth to the Bearer of Life!* You presented your pure child to a life with God.* Together with the heavenly hosts\, you rejoice in the riches from on high.* We commemorate your falling asleep\,* and on this day we honour the divine wisdom in faith!\n\nPraise the Lord\, all th e nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nHaving divine wisdom\ , you gave birth to the Door of Heaven\,* and you achieved heavenly glory forever!* We celebrate your holy dormition\, Anna\,* and ask you to pray t hat the turmoil of passions not destroy us\,* and that we be spared from f ear and desolation.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nHaving divine wisdom\, you gave birth to the Doo r of Heaven\,* and you achieved heavenly glory forever!* We celebrate your holy dormition\, Anna\,* and ask you to pray that the turmoil of passions not destroy us\,* and that we be spared from fear and desolation.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… \n\nThe Theotokos came forth from a barren womb:* through he r we were saved by Christ our God!* The chaste Bridegroom’s grandparents were Joachim and Anna.* He placed them in the heavenly realm.* They sing together with their daughter the holy Virgin\, and the angels\,* praying f or the sake of the world.* We honour them\, crying aloud:* Ancestors of Go d\, for the sake of the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary\,* pray that our so uls may be saved!\n\nTone 7\, Now…\n\nImmaculate Mother of God\,* you be came a mother outside the laws of nature\,* remaining a virgin in a way th at exceeds all description* and human understanding.* The wonder of your b irth-giving could not be told in human language\,* for your conception of Christ blinded intelligence\,* and your birth-giving exceeded understandin g:* for whenever God so desires\, the laws of nature are broken.* Wherefor e\, we all firmly believe that you are the Mother of God\,* and we eagerly beseech you to intercede for the salvation of our souls.\n\nReadings\n\n( 1) Wisdom 3:1-9\; (2) Wisdom 5:15-6:3\; (3) Wisdom 4:7-15\n\nAposticha\n\n Tone 5\n\nRejoice\, spiritual swallow:* you announced the springtime of gr ace to us!* You lived well and blamelessly in chastity\,* preserving the t reasure of virginity.* You gave birth with the pangs of a mother to the al l-pure Theotokos* who alone knew not a man!* You are the honoured ewe lamb who gave birth* to the heifer who at the angel’s word bore the Word:* t he Lamb who takes away the sin of the world\,* and has translated you from the earth\,* Anna\, grandmother of the Lord!* Pray to Him now that He wil l grant great mercy to our souls!\n\nRejoice in the Lord\, you righteous\; praise befits the upright! \n\nGod-receiving Joachim and divine and all-h onourable Anna\;* honourable couple\, desired of God!* You were chosen in holiness by the splendours of the Law!* By grace you publish glad tidings\ ,* since you gave birth to her who bore Christ\, the Author of our life!* Lamps who lighted the unshaded Candle\,* who guided well the grace that is the all-pure Theotokos!* Pray with her that Christ may grant our souls gr eat mercy!\n\nBlessed are all those who fear the Lord\, who walk in His wa ys.\n\nRejoice\, divine and blessed Anna!* Grandmother of Christ our God!* You are the blessed ground who caused to blossom* the earth which brought forth God for the world!* You unceasingly studied the Law of God\,* inscr ibing grace for all!* By your giving birth you broke the bond of barrennes s\;* you overcame death with incorruption\;* you passed over to divine spl endour\,* after you gave birth to the Theotokos\, the Light-bearing Lamp.* Pray with her that great mercy may be granted to our souls!\n\nTone 8\, G lory… Now…\n\nCome together\, all creation!* Let us praise the divinel y-wise Anna on cymbals and with psalms!* Through her womb she gave birth t o the divine Mountain.* Today she is translated to the spiritual mountain and mansions of paradise!* Let us cry out to her: blessed is your womb* wh ich bore her who carried the Light of the world in her womb!* Entreat Him that He may deliver us from all tribulation* and assaults of the enemy* an d that He may save our souls!\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nO godly-minded Anna \,* you bore in your womb the pure Mother of God\, who gave birth to Life. * Rejoicing\, therefore\, in glory* you have passed today to a heavenly in heritance\,* where those who exult have their dwelling.* There you interce de for the forgiveness of sins* of those who love you\, O ever-blessed one .\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Mother of God\, the mystery hidden from all eter nity* and unknown even to the angels\,* was revealed through you to those on earth:* God took on our human nature* and united it to His divine natur e in a perfect but unconfused union.* Then\, He willingly accepted the cro ss for our sake* and thereby raised again the first created\,* and saved o ur souls from death.\n\n \;\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SATURDAY MORNING\n \nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: O godly-minded Anna\,* you bore in your womb the pure Mother of God\, who gave birth to Life.* Rejoic ing\, therefore\, in glory* you have passed today to a heavenly inheritanc e\,* where those who exult have their dwelling.* There you intercede for t he forgiveness of sins* of those who love you\, O ever-blessed one.\n\nGlo ry be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ev er and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: We feast the memory of the foreb ears of Christ* as with faith we beseech them to help us* and rescue from every affliction* those who cry out: Our God is with us\,* the God whose w ill it was to glorify them.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nGod is wonderful in His saints\,* the God of Israel.\n\nverse: Bless God in the churches\, th e Lord from the fountains of Israel. (Psalm 67:36\,27)\n\nEpistle\n\nGalat ians 4:22-31\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord\; He is their protector in time of trouble.\n\nverse: Th e Lord will help them and rescue them\; He will deliver them from sinners and save them\, for they hoped in Him. (Psalm 36:39\,40)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 8:16-21\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nRejoice in the Lord\, O you just\;* praise b efits the righteous.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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