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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260523
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 aturday-venerable-euphrosyne-of-polotsk-hegumena-of-the-monastery-of-the-h
 oly-saviour-our-venerable-father-and-confessor-michael-bishop-of-synada/
SUMMARY:Saturday\, May 23\, 2026\; All Souls Saturday\; Venerable Euphrosyn
 e of Polotsk\, Hegumena of the Monastery of the Holy Saviour\; Our Venerab
 le Father and Confessor Michael\, Bishop of Synada.
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON FRIDAY EVENING\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed
  psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 6\n\nIf You mark iniquities\,
  Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revere
 d.\n\nYour martyrs\, O Lord\, did not deny You\,* nor did they fall away f
 rom Your commandments.* By their intercessions\, have mercy on us.\n\nI ha
 ve waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your
  promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nThey that bore witness to Y
 ou through martyrdom\, O Christ\,* endured many torments.* By their interc
 essions and prayers\, O Lord\, preserve us all.\n\nFrom the morning watch 
 until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nThe passion-bearing martyrs 
 and citizens of heaven* contested on earth and endured many torments\,* an
 d they received a perfect crown in the heavens\,* that they might interced
 e for our souls.\n\nTone 8\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with 
 Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all i
 ts iniquities.\n\nCalling to remembrance by name today* all the dead from 
 all the ages* who with faith have lived piously.* O faithful\, let us sing
  praises to the Saviour and Lord\,* asking Him fervently to grant them a g
 ood defence* in the hour of judgment before our God\,* who will judge all 
 the earth.* May they receive a place at His right hand in joy\;* may they 
 dwell in glory with the righteous and the saints\,* and be found worthy of
  His heavenly kingdom.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim Hi
 s glory\, all you people.\n\nBy Your own Blood\, O Saviour\, You have rans
 omed mankind\,* and by Your death You have delivered us from bitter death\
 ,* granting us life eternal by Your resurrection.* Grant rest then\, O Lor
 d\, to all those who have fallen asleep in godliness\,* whether in the wil
 derness or in the city\, on the sea or on land\,* in every place\, soverei
 gns\, rulers and hierarchs\,* priests\, monastics and those married\, of e
 very age and every race\,* and grant them Your heavenly kingdom.\n\nStrong
  is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nBy 
 Your arising from the dead\, O Christ\,* no longer does death rule over th
 ose who have died in piety.* Wherefore we pray fervently:* Grant rest in Y
 our courts and in the bosom of Abraham* to Your servants from Adam to this
  present day* who have worshiped You in purity\,* our fathers and brethren
 \, friends and kin\,* all who in this life have offered faithful service t
 o You\,* and who have now departed to be with You\, O God\,* and grant the
 m to receive Your heavenly Kingdom.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… \n\nI lament\, an
 d weep when I see death* and look upon our beauty\, formed according to Go
 d’s image\,* lying in the grave disfigured\, inglorious\, and bereft of 
 animate form.* O strange wonder! What mystery is this concerning us?* How 
 have we been delivered to corruption?* How have we been yoked to death?* A
 ll this\, as is written\, is by the command of God\,* who grants rest to t
 he departed.\n\nTone 6\, Now…\n\nWho would not call you blessed\, O Virg
 in most holy?* Who would not sing a hymn of praise* to the glory of your g
 iving birth without pain or travail?* The Only-begotten Son Himself\,* beg
 otten of the Father before all ages\,* was made flesh out of you in a mann
 er* that cannot be explained\, O Woman most pure!* And for our sake\, He w
 ho is God by nature* assumed the nature of a man.* He is not divided into 
 two persons\;* He is understood to have two natures* without commixion or 
 confusion.* O noble and blessed Woman\,* intercede with Him that He may ha
 ve mercy on our souls.\n\nIn place of the Prokeimenon\, we chant:\n\nAllel
 uia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: Blessed are they whom You have chosen and taken to 
 Yourself\, O Lord!\n\nverse: Their memory is from generation and generatio
 n.\n\nVouchsafe\, O Lord\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 6\n\nYour Cross\, O Lord\, b
 ecame an invincible weapon for the martyrs\;* for seeing death laying befo
 re them\, and foreseeing the life to come\,* they were strengthened by the
 ir hope in You.* By their supplications\, have mercy on us.\n\nTheir souls
 * shall dwell among good things.\n\nYou honoured with Your image that whic
 h You had fashioned with Your hands\, O Saviour\,* and in material form yo
 u depicted the likeness of the noetic nature\,* whereof You made me a part
 aker\, and established me here to rule* by my free will over the things on
  earth\, O Word.* Wherefore\, O Saviour grant rest to Your servants in the
  land of the living\,* in the tabernacles of the righteous.\n\nBlessed are
  they whom You have chosen* and have taken to Yourself\, O Lord.\n\nThat t
 he worth of my life might be distinguished from that of others\,* You plan
 ted a garden in Eden\, adorned with diverse plants\,* where You establishe
 d me free of sorrows and care as a partaker of Your divine life\,* as a cr
 eature equal to the angels on earth\,* distinctly mingled in nature.* Wher
 efore\, O Saviour\, grant rest to Your servants in the land of the living\
 ,* in the tabernacles of the righteous.\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nMy origin 
 and foundation was accomplished by Your creative will\,* for You willed to
  fashion me as a living creature from visible and invisible natures\;* hav
 ing brought forth my body from the earth\,* and given me a soul by Your di
 vine and quickening breath.* Wherefore\, O Saviour\, grant rest to Your se
 rvants in the land of the living\,* in the tabernacles of the righteous.\n
 \nNow…\n\nBy the intercessions of her who gave birth to You\, O Christ\,
 * and of the Your martyrs and apostles\,* and of the prophets\, and the ho
 ly-bishops\,* and of the venerable monks\, and of the righteous\, and of a
 ll the saints\,* grant rest to Your servants that have fallen asleep.\n\nT
 roparion\n\nTone 8\n\nWith profound wisdom and love for mankind\, You arra
 nge all things* and bestow beneficial things upon all\, O only Creator and
  Lord.* Grant rest to the souls of your servants\,* for they have placed t
 heir hope in You\,* our God Who made and shaped us.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\n
 In you we have a rampart and a haven\, and an intercessor* most acceptable
  to God\,* whom you bore\, O Virgin Mother of God\,* salvation of the fait
 hful.\n\nAfter the dismissal of Vespers\, we serve a Panakhyda for the Dep
 arted in the narthex.\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SATURDAY MORNING\nTroparia and
  Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: With profound wisdom and love for mankind
 \, You arrange all things* and bestow beneficial things upon all\, O only 
 Creator and Lord.* Grant rest to the souls of your servants\,* for they ha
 ve placed their hope in You\,* our God Who made and shaped us.\n\nGlory be
  to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 
 8: To the souls of Your servants\, O Christ* grant rest among the saints* 
 where there is no pain\,* no sorrow\, no mourning\,* but only life without
  end.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nTheotokion\, Tone 8: In you w
 e have a rampart and a haven\, and an intercessor* most acceptable to God\
 ,* whom you bore\, o Virgin Mother of God\,* salvation of the faithful\n\n
 Prokeimenon\, Tone 6\n\nTheir souls shall dwell amidst good things.\n\nver
 se: To You\, O Lord\, I have lifted up my soul. (Psalm 24:13\,1)\n\nEpistl
 e\n\nActs 28:1-31\; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 6\n\nverse:
  Blessed are they whom You have chosen and taken to Yourself\, O Lord.\n\n
 verse: And let their memory be from generation to generation. (Psalm 64:5)
 \n\nGospel\n\nJohn 21:15-25\; John 5:24-30\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nBlessed ar
 e they whom You have chosen and taken to Yourself\, O Lord\;* and let thei
 r memory be from generation to generation.* Alleluia\, alleluia\, alleluia
 . (Psalm 64:5)
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