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:482@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260606 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260607 DTSTAMP:20260529T144809Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/saturday-june-6-2026-our-venerab le-father-bessarion-the-wonderworker-venerable-hilarion-the-new-confessor/ SUMMARY:Saturday\, June 6\, 2026\; Our Venerable Father Bessarion the Wonde rworker\; Venerable Hilarion the New\, Confessor. DESCRIPTION:Apostle’s Fast\n\nAT VESPERS ON FRIDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Re ading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nYou were the light of monastics\, wise Bessari on.* By the rays of your virtues and the radiance of grace\,* you were lik e a shining lamp for the desert.* Deliver from the gloom of the passions a nd the darkness of evil\,* from all sorrow and temptation\,* those who fer vently honour you* and hymn your divine dormition with faith!\n\nI have wa ited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your prom ise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nYou endured standing in the mids t of thorns* in your divine love of ineffable struggles\;* you revealed an effort equal to that of the martyrs!* You sweeten the bitter waters of th e sea* and give drink to thirsting souls\, all wise one.* You crossed the rushing torrents of the Nile\,* crossing over its waters dry-shod\, all pr aised one!\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nKnowing you to be like the wise Elijah\,* we all openly praise yo u\, Bessarion\,* for through God's mercy upon you\,* you caused streams of water to fall as rain from the sky!* By your honoured prayers you send fo untains of rain and divine dew from on high\, * with grace\, power and inv incible protection\,* upon all the faithful!\n\nTone 8\n\nFor with the Lor d there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He sh all redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nO martyrs of the Lord\, you sanctify every place and heal every manner of infirmities:* and now we ent reat you to intercede on our behalf* that our souls may be delivered from the snares of the enemy.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nYour martyrs\, O Lord\, having put aside th e temporal things of this life\,* despised not torture for the sake of the life to come\,* therefore they rejoice with the angels.* By their supplic ations bestow upon Your people great mercy.\n\nStrong is the love of the L ord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nIf there be any virtue a nd if there be any praise\,* rightly are these things ascribed to the sain ts.* Who for the sake of You who bowed the heavens and descend to us\,* bo wed their necks beneath the sword.* They shed their blood for You\,* who e mptied Yourself and take the form of a servant\;* they humbled themselves even to death\,* following the example of Your poverty.* By their prayers have mercy upon us\, O God\,* according to the multitude of Your tender me rcies!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nOut of his love for mankind* the King of heav en appeared on earth and dwelled with men\,* for He assumed a human body f rom the pure Virgin* and was seen in the flesh He received from her.* He i s the One and only God* having two natures but not two persons.* Therefore we profess and declare the truth* that Christ our God is perfect God and perfect Man.* O Mother\, who knew not carnal union\,* intercede with Him t hat He may have mercy on our souls.\n\nProkeimenon\n\nTone 7\n\nO God\, Yo u are my defender* and Your mercy goes before me.\n\nverse: Deliver me fro m my enemies\, O God\; save me from those who rise up against me.\n\nApost icha\n\nTone 8\n\nO martyrs of the Lord\,* we beseech you to offer interce ssion before our God:* pray that abundant mercy be granted to our souls* a nd the forgiveness of our many sins.\n\nBlessed are they whom You have cho sen* and taken to Yourself\, О Lord.\n\nI lament and weep whenever I see death* and look upon our beauty\, fashioned according to God’s image\,* lying in the grave disfigured and inglorious\,* its outward form destroyed .* O strange wonder! What mystery is this that concerns us?* How have we b een delivered over to corruption?* How have we been conjoined to death?* A ll this\, so it is written\, is by the ordinance of God\,* who doth grant rest to the departed.\n\nTheir souls shall dwell* among good things.\n\nYo ur death\, O Lord\, has enabled us to be immortal.* For had You not been l aid in the tomb\,* Paradise had not been opened.* Therefore grant rest to the departed* as You are the Lover of mankind.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO pur e Virgin\, portal of the Word\,* Mother of our God:* pray that we be saved .\n\n \;\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8\n\nThe divine image was faithfully pres erved in you\, O father\,* for taking up the Cross you followed Christ.* B y your deeds you have taught us to see beyond flesh which passes\,* and ca re for the soul\, a thing immortal.* and so\, O venerable father\, Bessari on\,* your spirit rejoices with the angels.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO gracio us Lord\, for the sake of mankind You were born of a virgin\;* through You r death on the cross You conquered Death\;* and through Your resurrection You revealed Yourself as God.* O merciful Lord\, do not disdain those whom You have created with Your own hands\,* but show forth Your love for mank ind.* Accept the intercession which the Mother who bore You makes in our b ehalf.* O Saviour\, save Your despairing people!\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON S ATURDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: The divine image was faithfully preserved in you\, O father\,* for taking up the Cro ss you followed Christ.* By your deeds you have taught us to see beyond fl esh which passes\,* and care for the soul\, a thing immortal.* and so\, O venerable father\, Bessarion\,* your spirit rejoices with the angels.\n\nG lory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: As a pious and tested ascetic* and as an honoured voluntary sufferer and as a model inhabitant of the de sert\,* let us rightly praise in song the all-blessed Bessarion\,* for he has overcome the passions.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nThe venerable ones w ill exult in glory* and they shall by joyful in their beds.\n\nverse: Sing to the Lord a new song\; let His praise be in the assembly of the venerab le ones. (Psalm 149:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 3:19-26\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 6\n\nverse: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord\; he shall delight excee dingly in His commandments.\n\nverse: His seed shall be mighty upon the ea rth. (Psalm 111:1\,2)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 7:1-8\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nRejo ice in the Lord\, O you just\;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia\, a lleluia\,* alleluia. 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