BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:603@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261003 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261004 DTSTAMP:20260918T225039Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/saturday-october-3-2026-the-holy -hieromartyr-dionysius-the-areopagite/ SUMMARY:Saturday\, October 3\, 2026\; The Holy Hieromartyr Dionysius the A reopagite. DESCRIPTION:Saint with Six Stichera\n\nAT VESPERS ON FRIDAY EVENING\n\nKath isma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\, Podoben “Joy of the ranks of heaven...”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\ , Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be rever ed.\n\nHaving entered in mind into the innermost darkness of the unapproac hable light\,* you learned the divine enigmas of the Word\, O sacred Diony sius\, disciple of Christ\,* and on earth you manifestly explained* the ra nks of the angels.\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\nH aving made your soul luminous with rays of three-fold splendour* and your body with withering material fire\, O father\,* you passed over to immater ial radiance and joined the angels.* With them unceasingly pray for us\,* that our souls be saved.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nHaving become eminent in the Church of God by your pastorship\,* you made your heart a receptacle of the grace of the Spirit\ , O father.* Therefore\, O Dionysius\, you ever pour forth healings upon u s\,* like water from your precious shrine.\n\nTone 1\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shal l redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nThe divine Paul\, speaking for th publicly\,* fished for you with the hook of grace\, O wise one\,* and m ade you a teacher of the sacred mysteries* and a beholder of things ineffa ble\,* seeing in you a chosen vessel.* With him pray\, O right eloquent Di onysius\,* that those who hymn you with love be saved.\n\nPraise the Lord\ , all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nHaving made y our mind equal to that of the angels* for the sake of virtue\, O most wise father Dionysius\,* you wrote a sacred account of the heavenly order of t heir hierarchies\,* and there aligned the ranks of the Church’s organiza tion\,* likening them to the ranks of heaven.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nMaking yourself like u nto God through meditation\,* as far as you were able\, O blessed Dionysiu s\,* with piety you mystically disseminated your godly treatise on the div ine names\;* and\, achieving unity through a higher union\,* you learned t hings which pass man’s understanding* and taught the ends of the world.\ n\nTone 2\, Glory…\n\nCome\, O faithful\, and together let us praise the annual memorial of the hierarchs Dionysius and Cyprian\;* for the one\, h aving spit upon the Stoic philosophers* and been taught by the chosen vess el\,* became an adept of ineffable mysteries\;* and the other\, having ill umined his thoughts for the sake of the good virgin Justina\,* fled the de ception of the demons* and\, casting his books of sorcery into the fire\, became a preacher of the Gospel.* Therefore\, glorifying the Saviour who h as glorified them\, let us sinners cry out:* O Christ God\, who has crowne d Your athletes with glory:* by their supplications save our souls!\n\nNow …\n\nO Virgin\, the shadow of the Law passed away* with the realization of grace.* For as the bush had burned without being consumed\,* so you gav e birth while a virgin* and you remained a virgin.* Instead of the pillar of fire there rose the Sun of Justice.* Instead of Moses\, Christ God came forth\,* the Saviour of our souls.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 1\n\nO all-praise d martyrs\, you were not buried in the earth\,* yet heaven has received yo u\;* the gates of Paradise were opened to you\,* and entering within you h ave partaken of the tree of life.* Pray to Christ that He grant peace* and great mercy to our souls.\n\nBlessed are they whom You have chosen* and t aken to Yourself\, О Lord.\n\nWhat pleasure in this life remains unmarked by sorrow?* What glory can endure upon this earth unchanged?* All is feeb ler than a shadow\,* more deceptive than a dream\;* for death in a single moment takes away all things.* But in the light of Your countenance\, O Ch rist\,* and in the joy of Your beauty\,* grant rest to those whom You have chosen\,* for You are the Lover of mankind.\n\nTheir souls shall dwell* a mid good things.\n\nNo man is free from sin\,* none save You\, who alone a rt immortal.* Therefore\, O compassionate God\,* grant to Your servants a dwelling-place in the Light\,* with the choirs of Your angels.* In Your lo ving-kindness overlook their transgressions\,* and grant them forgiveness. \n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nWe call you the unseen depth of heavenly knowledg e\, O most splendid martyr of Christ\,* and we hymn you as a warrior and s teadfast champion of the Church\, O wise one.* For you shone forth with mo st pure fire\,* counted worthy to wear the vesture of light with the armie s on high\,* having illumined your mind with the effulgence of the Holy Sp irit\, O Dionysius.* Thus\, with faith we celebrate your universal memoria l\,* glorifying the Lord who glorified you.\n\nNow…\n\nO inextinguishabl e lamp\, and throne of righteousness* most pure Sovereign Lady:* pray that our souls be saved.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nYou learned goodness and pra cticed temperance.* You robed yourself in the priesthood* and girded yours elf with a good conscience.* Therefore\, you came to draw ineffable things from the chosen vessel\, Paul.* You have completed the race\, you have ke pt the faith.* O father Dionysius\, beg Christ our God to save our souls.\ n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Mother of God\, the mystery hidden from all eterni ty* 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 nature in a perfect but unconfused union.* Then\, He willingly accepted the cross for our sake* and thereby raised again the first created man\,* and saved our souls from death.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SATURDAY MORNING\n\nTropari a and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Having shared the way of life of the apostles\,* and having become a successor to their thrones\,* labouring y ou found the divinely inspired way to contemplation.* Therefore\, forthrig htly ministering the word of truth\,* you shed your blood for the faith\, O hieromartyr\, Dionysius.* Intercede with Christ our God for the salvatio n of our souls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy S pirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: Having pio usly lived among the hierarchs\,* and having trod the path of suffering\,* you extinguished the sacrifices to idols* and were a defender for your fl ock\, O godly one.* Therefore\, venerating you\, we sincerely cry to you:* “Rescue us from dangers by your prayers\, O our father\, Dionysius.\n\n Prokeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nThe venerable ones will exult in glory and they sh all be joyful in their beds.\n\nverse: Sing to the Lord a new song\; let H is praise be in the assembly of the venerable ones. (Psalm 149:5\,1)\n\nEp istle\n\n1 Corinthians 15:58-16:3\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: Your prie sts shall clothe themselves with justice\, and Your venerable ones shall r ejoice.\n\nverse: For the Lord has chosen Sion\; He has chosen it for His dwelling. (Psalm 131:9\,13)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 5:17-26\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\ nThe just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he sh all have no fear*. Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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