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SUMMARY:Saturday\, September 26\, 2026\;  The Falling Asleep of the Holy Ap
 ostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
DESCRIPTION:All-Night Vigil Feast. A day when the faithful are highly encou
 raged to participate in the Divine Liturgy\n\nGreat Vespers WITH LYTIA\n\n
 Kathisma Reading\n\nBlessed is the man… is chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nT
 one 1\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice
 !\n\nAs witness of revelations beyond words* and interpreter of the sublim
 e mysteries of God\,* O son of Zebedee\,* you have written the gospel of C
 hrist for us.* You taught us to glorify the Father\, Son\, and Holy Spirit
 .\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nAs witness 
 of revelations beyond words* and interpreter of the sublime mysteries of G
 od\,* O son of Zebedee\,* you have written the gospel of Christ for us.* Y
 ou taught us to glorify the Father\, Son\, and Holy Spirit.\n\nIf You mark
  iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You 
 may be revered.\n\nAs witness of revelations beyond words* and interpreter
  of the sublime mysteries of God\,* O son of Zebedee\,* you have written t
 he gospel of Christ for us.* You taught us to glorify the Father\, Son\, a
 nd Holy Spirit.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul p
 atiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nDivi
 nely moved lyre of heavenly canticles\,* you are the mystical writer* and 
 the God-inspired voice melodiously singing the divine hymns.* Pray for the
  salvation of our souls.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel
  trust in the Lord.\n\nDivinely moved lyre of heavenly canticles\,* you ar
 e the mystical writer* and the God-inspired voice melodiously singing the 
 divine hymns.* Pray for the salvation of our souls.\n\nFor with the Lord t
 here is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall
  redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nDivinely moved lyre of heavenly
  canticles\,* you are the mystical writer* and the God-inspired voice melo
 diously singing the divine hymns.* Pray for the salvation of our souls.\n\
 nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.
 \n\nO beloved of God\, with your thundering voice* you declared the wisdom
  of God.* You constantly proclaimed aloud the hidden word by frequently sa
 ying:* In the beginning was the Word.* You have illumined all with the kno
 wledge of God.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will 
 His truth endure.\n\nO beloved of God\, with your thundering voice* you de
 clared the wisdom of God.* You constantly proclaimed aloud the hidden word
  by frequently saying:* In the beginning was the Word.* You have illumined
  all with the knowledge of God.\n\nTone 2\, Glory…\n\nLet all the human 
 race give the praise that is due to John\, the son of thunder\,* the virgi
 n apostle and the bearer of God's message\,* the chief theologian and the 
 first to proclaim the truths* which are contained in the teachings of divi
 ne Wisdom.* For always being filled with that which is divine\, he said:* 
 In the beginning was the Word\, not separated from the Father* but equal t
 o the Father according to His nature\,* thereby showing us the right worsh
 ip of the Holy Trinity.* He has also shown us that the Word was with the F
 ather\, the Creator of all\,* and that He bears life and has shown us the 
 true light.* O awesome marvel! O Wisdom! * John was filled with love for G
 od\;* he was also filled with glory\, honour\, and faith\;* he was the pre
 acher of our pure faith.* Because of this\, we shall obtain eternal blessi
 ng on the day of judgment.\n\nNow… \n\nO Virgin\, the shadow of the Law 
 passed away* with the realization of grace.* For as the bush had burned wi
 thout being consumed\,* so you gave 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\nR
 eadings\n\n(1) I John 3:21- 4:6\; (2) I John 4:11-16\; (3) I John 4:20-5:5
 \n\nAt the Lytia\n\nTone 1\n\nO Apostle\, rivers of theology poured out fr
 om your precious mouth. * The Church of God has drunk from them * and in t
 rue faith adores the consubstantial Trinity.* O John the Divine\, pray to 
 the Holy Trinity* to strengthen the Church and to save our souls.* The gar
 den of purity\, the fragrant myrrh\, * has again come upon us in the prese
 nt feast* so that we may cry aloud:* O John\, the apostle who reclined on 
 the bosom of the Master\,* and made the word fall on the world like rain\,
 * you have guarded the Virgin as the most cherished one.* Ask Christ to gr
 ant us his great mercy.\n\nAs an eye-witness of the ineffable mysteries\,*
  you cried out that the eternal Word was in God and that He is God.* O Apo
 stle John\, you reclined upon the breast of Christ. * O delight of the Tri
 nity\, * O unshakable fortitude of Ephesus and Patmos\, help us! * O bless
 ed Theologian\, pray that those who honour you faithfully* will be deliver
 ed from the wicked enemies* of both body and spirit.\n\nO Disciple of the 
 Saviour\, O celibate and theologian\,* Christ our God entrusted the Virgin
  Theotokos to you.* You protected her as the most cherished one.* Therefor
 e\, intercede that our souls may be saved.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nO belov
 ed Disciple\, at the Lord's supper* you reclined on the breast of Christ t
 he Master.* From that place you understood things ineffable\,* and your he
 avenly voice thundered to all:* In the beginning was the Word\;* the Word 
 was in God's presence\, and the Word was God.* The true light which gives 
 light to everyone was coming into the world.* Christ is God and the Saviou
 r of our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nThe Son\, glorified on high with the Father a
 nd the Spirit by the Cherubim\,* desired to restore Adam.* He completely a
 nd ineffably emptied himself in your womb\, O ever-praised Theotokos\;* an
 d having shone forth from you\,* He has enlightened the world with his div
 inity.* Christ the Lord and Saviour of our souls\,* having divinized the h
 uman race\,* led us back to heaven.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 4\n\nYou are the 
 theologian who spoke of the Son of the Most High.* He is co-eternal and co
 nsubstantial with the Father\,* Light from unchangeable Light\, and Image 
 of the very person of the Father\,* shining from Him eternally and without
  change\,* the Creator and Lord of all. * O beloved\, you have preached ab
 out Christ our God to the world\,* who is the Light leading us out of dark
 ness.\n\nThrough all the world their voice resounds\; their message reache
 s to the ends of the earth.\n\nHaving received the light of the Comforter*
  and having been enlightened by Him\, * O beloved\, as theologian* you tau
 ght that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father* and was manifested to m
 ankind by the Son.* He is equal in holiness\, essence\, and majesty* with 
 the eternal Father and the Word of God.* We\, therefore\, venerate you in 
 hymns as the blessed preacher of our faith.* Keep it firm by your prayers 
 to the Lord\, our God.\n\nThe heavens proclaim your wonders\, O Lord\; the
  assembly of your holy ones proclaims your truth.\n\nHaving ascended to th
 e height of theology\,* you have learned the ineffable mysteries of God:* 
 that the essence of the Godhead is one\;* one glory\, one kingdom\, and on
 e dominion\,* ever-divided into three Persons\,* yet undivided in essence\
 , * united in a divine union without confusion.* Thus you gloriously procl
 aimed the undivided Trinity.* O Theologian\, entreat God to save and enlig
 hten our souls.\n\nTone 6\, Glory… \n\nO apostle of Christ\, O evangelis
 t\, O theologian\, * you were the mystic of the ineffable mysteries.* You 
 proclaimed to us the untold teachings of Wisdom.* You clarified for the fa
 ithful* that the Word was present to God in the beginning.* You cast aside
  the words of the heretics* and rejected their false teachings.* You appea
 red as the favourite and beloved friend of Christ\,* even as the thunderin
 g Isaiah and Moses who saw God.* Having boldness before Him\, earnestly pr
 ay for our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nChrist the Lord\, our Creator and Redeemer\
 ,* came forth from your womb\, O most pure Virgin.* He clothed himself in 
 our human flesh* to set us free from the original curse of Adam.* Therefor
 e\, O Mary\, we praise you\, without ceasing\,* as the true Virgin Mother 
 of God\,* and we sing with the angels: * Rejoice\, O Lady\, advocate\, pro
 tector\, and salvation of our souls.\n\nTroparion\n\nTone 2\n\nO beloved a
 postle of Christ our God\,* hasten\, deliver a people without defense.* He
  who received you when you leaned upon His breast accepts you as you bow i
 n prayer.* Implore Him\, O Theologian\, to scatter the cloud of nations th
 at besets us\,* asking peace and great mercy for us.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nFESTAL 
 MATINS\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, T
 one 2\n\nTroparia\, Tone 2\n\nO beloved apostle of Christ our God\,* haste
 n\, deliver a people without defense.* He who received you when you leaned
  upon His breast accepts you as you bow in prayer.* Implore Him\, O Theolo
 gian\, to scatter the cloud of nations that besets us\,* asking peace and 
 great mercy for us.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn I
 \, Tone 8\n\nO most wise Apostle\, you have been called son of the divine 
 thunder\;* for you have deafened the ears of evildoers\, and\, to upright 
 hearts\, you sounded the sweetest trumpet\,* the Incarnation of the Word.*
  As a true friend of Christ\, you have reclined upon his breast from which
  you have drawn the depth of knowledge.* You proclaimed to all that the Wo
 rd was co-eternal with the Father.* O John the Apostle\, intercede with Ch
 rist our God* that He may forgive the offenses of those who keep your holy
  memory.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Mother of God\, having ineffably conceive
 d in your womb the Wisdom and the Word\, you have brought forth the One wh
 o embraces the whole world. You have held in your arms the One who preserv
 es all\, the sustainer of all\, and the Creator who formed our nature. The
 refore\, I entreat you\, O all-holy Virgin\,* that I may be delivered from
  my offenses* when I stand before the face of my Creator.* Give me your he
 lp\, O pure Virgin and Lady\,* for all things are possible for you.\n\nPsa
 lter Reading\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn II\, Tone 8\n\nO all-praise
 d saint\, having put aside fishing in the deep sea\,* with the reed of the
  Cross you have netted all the peoples as fish\,* thus becoming a fisher o
 f all and netting them for godliness.* You sowed knowledge of the Word* in
  all of Patmos and Ephesus by the harvesting of your words.* Now intercede
  with Christ God* to grant remission of sins to those who lovingly celebra
 te your memory.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nI reflect on the day of judgment and
  stand afraid.* Having done deeds worthy of shame\, I am brought low\;* an
 d\, therefore\, I entreat you\, O Theotokos\, of whom all people sing:* Be
 fore the night overtakes me\, turn me back from death\;* guide me to the w
 ay of repentance\,* that I may thankfully venerate and praise your immeasu
 rable power and your divine defense.* O holy bride of God\, who intercedes
  with Christ our God\,* for his sake beg of you that cleansing of sins* an
 d great mercy be given to me.\n\nPolyeleos\n\nMagnification\n\nWe extol yo
 u\,* O Apostle of Christ\, John the Theologian\,* and we honour the suffer
 ings and labours which you endured*in spreading the teaching of Christ.\n\
 nverse: The heavens proclaim the glory of God\, and the firmament shows fo
 rth the work of his hands.\n\nverse: God stands in the divine assembly. In
  the midst of the gods He gives judgment.\n\nverse: He gives strength and 
 power to his people. Blessed be God.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAlleluia! Allel
 uia! Alleluia! Glory be to You\, O God! (3)\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional H
 ymn\, Tone 8\n\nHaving rested his head on the breast of Jesus\,* John rece
 ived courage to ask as a disciple:* Who is your betrayer\, O Master?* Bein
 g the beloved apostle\, Christ indicated this to you through the bread.* T
 herefore\, you were a mystic of ineffable mysteries\,* having taught every
 one about the Incarnation of the Word.* O Theologian and Apostle\,* now in
 tercede with Christ our God to grant remission of sins* to those who lovin
 gly celebrate your holy memory.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nLet us extol the hea
 venly door and tabernacle\,* the most holy mountain\, the radiant cloud\, 
 the unconsumable burning bush\,* the spiritual paradise\, the announcer to
  Eve\, the great treasure of the universe\,* because\, through her\, salva
 tion came to the world\,* and forgiveness was granted for our age-old sins
 .* For this reason\, we call to her:* Entreat your Son to grant remission 
 of sins* to those who devoutly worship Him who was born of you.\n\nGradual
  Hymns\, Tone 4\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nFrom my youth do many passions war agains
 t me\;* but do You Yourself defend* and save me\, O my Saviour.\n\nYou hat
 ers of Sion shall be shamed by the Lord\;* for like grass\, by the fire* s
 hall you be withered.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nIn the Holy Spirit\, every sou
 l is quickened\,* and\, through cleansing\, is exalted* and made radiant* 
 by the Triple Unity in a hidden sacred manner.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\n
 Through all the world their voice resounds\; their message reaches to the 
 ends of the earth.\n\nverse: The heavens proclaim the glory of God\, and t
 he firmament shows forth the work of his hands.\n\nLet everything that liv
 es\, Tone 4\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 21:15-25\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n
 \nGlory…\n\nThrough the prayers of Your apostle\, John the Theologian\,*
  O Merciful Lord\, cleanse me* from the multitude of my transgressions.\n\
 nNow…\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\,* O merciful Lord\, c
 leanse me* from the multitude of my transgressions.\n\nIn Tone 2\n\nHave m
 ercy on me\, O God\, in the greatness of Your compassion\; according to th
 e multitude of Your mercies blot out my offence.\n\nO theologian\, O celib
 ate\,* O beloved disciple of the Lord\,* we entreat you\, by your prayers\
 , to save us from all harm* because we are your spiritual flock.\n\nCanon\
 n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: Once\, almighty power overthrew the whole army of Phara
 oh in the deep\,* and the incarnate Word destroyed pernicious sin.* All-gl
 orious is the Lord\,* for gloriously has He been glorified!\n\nHoly Apostl
 e John\, pray to God for us!\n\nHaving received the kingdom of heaven whic
 h you preached\, O blessed one\, and as a converser with the Word of heave
 n\, by your supplications preserve those who believe in your honoured prea
 ching and theology.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nExhibiti
 ng a mighty mind\, you spurned all things on earth and the bonds of nature
 \, O most wise one\, and abiding noetically and spiritually with the Word 
 you have freed from irrationality those who live senselessly.\n\nHoly Apos
 tle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nReceiving most theologically an understa
 nding of heavenly things\, you preached God the Word\; and\, proclaiming t
 he glad tidings\, you taught: In the beginning was the Word\, and the Word
  was with His Father\, and the Word was God!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe cho
 ir of divine maidens hymn you most divinely\, O Mistress Theotokos\, who a
 re comely among women and are adorned with the beauties of divinity\; for 
 in manner past recounting you gave birth to the Word and Benefactor.\n\n&n
 bsp\;\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: The desert\, the barren Church of the nations\,* 
 blossomed like a lily at Your coming\, O Lord\,* and therein has my heart*
  been established.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nWith the 
 tongue of your theology you revelaed the mystery of the Trinity which pass
 es understanding\, O divinely blessed John\; and therein has my heart been
  established.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nThy tongue bec
 ame the scribe’s pen of the most Holy Spirit\, recording your precious a
 nd divine Gospel with godly script.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God for
  us!\n\nReclining against the Well-spring of wisdom with divinely wise bol
 dness\, O most wise one\, you drew forth an abyss of wisdom\; and you beca
 me His godly herald.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWe honour you as the only Virgi
 n Mother who has been for us the mediatress of salvation\, delivering the 
 world by your supplications.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 8\n\nHavi
 ng reclined against the breast of Wisdom and learned an understanding of t
 hings\, you thundered forth divinely: “In the beginning was the Word!”
 \, being the first to record the unoriginate begetting\; and you have proc
 laimed to all the incarnation of the Word. Wherefore\, fishing for the nat
 ions\, using your tongue as a net\, you teache the ends of the earth by th
 e grace of the Spirit\, and enlighten them with miracles. O theologian and
  apostle\, entreat Christ God\, that He grant remission of sins to those w
 ho with love celebrate your holy memory.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHaving fall
 en into perils of great complexity through enemies visible and invisible\,
  beset by the tempest of my countless offenses\, I flee to the haven of yo
 ur goodness as to my fervent help and protection\, O pure one. Wherefore\,
  pray earnestly to Him Who became incarnate of you without seed\, in behal
 f of your servants\, O all-pure one\, ever beseeching Him to grant remissi
 on of offenses to those who hymn your glory as is meet.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 
 4\n\nIrmos: You came forth from the Virgin\, not as a mediator or an angel
 \,* but the Lord Himself\, incarnate\, and have saved me\, the whole man.*
  Wherefore\, I cry to You:* Glory to Your power\, O Lord!\n\nHoly Apostle 
 John\, pray to God for us!\n\nHaving taught you most excellently the myste
 ries of His divinity and instructed you in His ineffable dispensation for 
 man\, as is meet the Word showed you forth as His theologian.\n\nHoly Apos
 tle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nYou acquired a godly mind and a virginal
  body\, O glorious one\, and became the living and animate temple and most
  sacred dwelling-place of the most hymned Trinity.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, 
 pray to God for us!\n\nO blessed virgin apostle\, you were honoured in bei
 ng appointed the son of the all-pure Virgin\, and were shown to be the bro
 ther of Him Who chose you and made of you His disciple and theologian.\n\n
 Glory… Now…\n\nHealing the ancient crime of Eve\, the All-divine One m
 ade His abode in you\, the most immaculate and all-pure one\, to restore m
 e\, a fallen man.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: You were the Mediator betw
 een God and men\, O Christ God\; for through You\, O Master\, have we been
  brought forth from the night of ignorance to Your Father\, the Author of 
 light.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nThrough grace you wer
 e shown to be a heavenly mind\, O theologian\, becoming wholly light throu
 gh drawing nigh to the Origin of light\, deified by the pure sight of Him.
 \n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nYou preached your Gospel wi
 th pure mind\, holy lips and an all-pure mouth\, O divinely inspired one\,
  and you have set forth universal salvation before all the faithful\n\nHol
 y Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nLiving with Christ from your child
 hood\, instructed in theology and having learned the glory of the Trinity 
 which transcends nature\, you became an instrument of grace set forth by H
 im.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nMindful of your words\, we now call you blessed\
 ; for through you\, O most immaculate one\, we have truly received ineffab
 le blessedness and life which grows not old.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 6\n\nIrmos:
  Whirled about in the abyss of sin\, I call upon the unfathomable abyss of
  Your loving-kindness:* lead me up from corruption\, O God!\n\nHoly Apostl
 e John\, pray to God for us!\n\nJesus\, my God and Lord\, accepting your p
 urity and most perfect holiness\, received you as His brother\, O theologi
 an.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nHaving crowned your life
  with holiness\, and trusting therein\, O glorious one\, you reclined agai
 nst the breast of Wisdom\, and drew forth grace therefrom.\n\nHoly Apostle
  John\, pray to God for us!\n\nThe great and divine radiance of your theol
 ogy has enlightened the whole world\, O glorious one\, and has illumined i
 t with the light of the threefold Sun.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHe Who stretc
 hed forth heaven\, O pure Mother of God\, has stretched you forth as anoth
 er\, earthly heaven\, and\, shining forth from you\, has revealed Himself.
 \n\n&nbsp\;\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2\n\nO virgin apostle\, who can recount yo
 ur mighty works?* For you pour out wonders and healings* and you pray for 
 our souls as Theologian and friend of Christ.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nIkos\n\nIt is 
 a bold and unattainable thing to study the heights of heaven and to plumb 
 the depths of the sea\; for as it is impossible to calculate the number of
  the stars and the sands of the shore\, so is it impossible to speak suffi
 ciently of the theologian\, whom Christ loved and has crowned with so many
  crowns. For\, reclining against His breast\, he ate with Him at the mysti
 cal supper\, in that he is a theologian and friend of Christ.\n\n&nbsp\;\n
 \nOde 7\n\nIrmos: The God-opposing command of the iniquitous tyrant raised
  up a lofty flame\,* but Christ\, Who is blessed and all-glorious\, spread
  a spiritual dew over the pious youths.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God
  for us!\n\nShining with divine effulgence\, you manifestly theologized co
 ncerning the Holy Spirit Who proceeds from the unoriginate Father and rest
 s inseparably in the Son\, in that He is consubstantial with them.\n\nHoly
  Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nIn you\, O blessed one\, Christ\, t
 he all-glorious Sun of righteousness appointed His dwelling\, Who has made
  you an ever-moving heaven\, and is proclaimed by the tongue of your theol
 ogy.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nThe power of your words
  has sent forth a divine sound\, O most blessed and right wondrous one\, a
 nd your universal Gospel has embraced the whole earth with the magnificenc
 e of your dogmas.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou alone showed forth your concei
 ving as all-pure and your birthgiving as incorrupt\, remaining a virgin\; 
 for you conceived God Who is over all and Who became man\, O pure one\, sa
 lvation and deliverance of the faithful.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 8\n\nIrmos: Onc
 e\, in Babylon\, the furnace divided its activity at the command of God\,*
  for it consumed the Chaldeans\,* but bedewed the faithful\, who chant:* B
 less the Lord\, all you works of the Lord!\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to 
 God for us!\n\nIssuing forth like dazzling lightning\, you were revealed t
 o the whole world in the radiance of purity and the brilliance of virginit
 y\, O beloved of Christ God\, illumining the world with the dogmas of piet
 y.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nHaving purified body\, so
 ul\, and mind\, you proclaimed the glad tidings of the heavenly Gospel of 
 Christ\; and\, dwelling with the angels in the heavens\, you now criy out:
  Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord!\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray t
 o God for us!\n\nYou were a pillar of light\, a divine oblation of the hea
 venly temple\, a throne of perception\, a receptacle of wisdom and an inst
 rument of theology\, chanting: Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord!
 \n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThat You might annul the primal curse and the ancie
 nt condemnation of our first mother to death\, O Word of God\, You were bo
 rn of the Virgin Mother of God\, granting indestructible immortality unto 
 all.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: God the Lord\, the Son of the unorigina
 te Father\,* has appeared to us\, incarnate of the Virgin\,* to enlighten 
 the benighted and to gather the dispersed.* Wherefore\, we magnify the mos
 t hymned Theotokos.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nYou have
  now been counted worthy to behold the Torrent of sweetness\, the River of
  peace and the Well-spring of immortality\, not in indistinct images\, but
  face to face\; and\, watered thereby\, you now enjoy deification.\n\nHoly
  Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\n\nYou asked Christ for a throne on ea
 rth\, but He gave you His breast instead\; and\, reclining against it\, yo
 u were enriched with a steadfast\, abiding\, and goodly seat\, O theologia
 n\, adornment of the apostles.\n\nHoly Apostle John\, pray to God for us!\
 n\nYou burned up the ungodliness of pagan wisdom\, O wise one\, proclaimin
 g: “In the beginning was the Word\, and the Word was with God\, and the 
 Word was truly God\, through Whom all things came into being\, visible and
  invisible!”\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAmid the night of life you were found
  to be like the break of dawn\, O most pure Mother of God\, shining forth 
 with rays of virginity and revealing to us the Orient of the noetic Sun of
  righteousness.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHymn of Light\, Tone 6\n\nAs
  a son of thunder\, you proclaimed to the people that in the beginning was
  the Word\; and leaning faithfully on the bosom of your Master\, O John th
 e Apostle\, you have drawn streams of theology from which you have watered
  the whole creation.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO ever-pure One\, you stood wit
 h the celibate disciple near the Cross of your Son and God. You heard the 
 Creator say: Woman\, there is your son! In turn\, He said to the disciple:
  There is your mother! With Him\, we all joyfully sing praises to you\, O 
 virgin Mother of God.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 8\n\nO 
 most wise and blessed John\, you have been loved more than all the discipl
 es* with the abundance of the tender love of Christ\,* the all-seeing Word
  who judges all people with justice.* You radiated purity and virtuous dee
 ds\, both in body and in mind\,* O divinely blessed one.\n\nO flower of vi
 rginity\, acceptable dwelling place of honoured virtues\,* musical instrum
 ent of wisdom\, and temple of the Spirit\,* the mouth bringing the light o
 f grace\, you are a precious eye of the Church\, exceedingly bright.* Let 
 us now praise John in spiritual hymns as a servant of Christ.\n\nO John\, 
 the beloved\, as you leaned upon the breast of Wisdom\,* you drew streams 
 of theology with which you watered all creation.* By knowledge of the Trin
 ity\, you have dried up the sea of idolatry\,* having been a pillar and a 
 living cloud* guiding us towards the heavenly heritage.\n\nO divinely soun
 ding evangelist and offspring of thunder\,* you announced to the world the
  fount of good things:* an unshaken Kingdom and eternal life\,* untold joy
  and the delight of divine contemplation\,* and the richly given gifts of 
 the grace of Christ that surpass the mind.* You have enlightened the under
 standing of mortals.\n\nGlory…\n\nO John the Evangelist\, equal of angel
 s\,* O virgin Theologian who was divinely taught\,* you have proclaimed to
  the world\, according to the true faith\,* the undefiled side of Christ f
 rom which blood and water gushed forth.* Through it\, we obtain eternal li
 fe for our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nHoly Lady\, receive the prayers of us all a
 nd deliver us* from all sorrows and tribulations.\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTri
 sagion Prayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nO beloved apostle of Christ our Go
 d\,* hasten\, deliver a people without defense.* He who received you when 
 you leaned upon His breast accepts you as you bow in prayer.* Implore Him\
 , O Theologian\, to scatter the cloud of nations that besets us\,* asking 
 peace and great mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGr
 eat Dismissal\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nDIVINE LITURGY\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTro
 parion\, Tone 2: O beloved apostle of Christ our God\,* hasten\, deliver a
  people without defense.* He who received you when you leaned upon His bre
 ast accepts you as you bow in prayer.* Implore Him\, O Theologian\, to sca
 tter the cloud of nations that besets us\,* asking peace and great mercy.\
 n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and 
 for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: O virgin apostle\, who can
  recount your mighty works?* For you pour out wonders and healings* and yo
 u pray for our souls as Theologian and friend of Christ.\n\nProkeimenon\, 
 Tone 8\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth into all the earth\, and their wo
 rds unto the ends of the world.\n\nverse: The heavens tell the glory of Go
 d\, and the firmament declares the work of His hand. (Psalm 18:5\,2)\n\nEp
 istle\n\n1 John 4:12-19\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: The heavens shall c
 onfess our wonders\, O Lord\, and Your truth in the church of the saints.\
 n\nverse: God is glorified in the assembly of the saints. (Psalm 88:6\,8)\
 n\nGospel\n\nJohn 19:25-27\; 21:24-25\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nTheir utterance
  has gone forth into all the earth\,* and their word unto the ends of the 
 world.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 18:5)
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