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SUMMARY:Sunday\, August 23\, 2026\; Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost\; Oct
 oechos Tone 4\; The Holy Martyr Luppus\; The Holy Hieromartyr Irenaeus\, B
 ishop of Lyons.
DESCRIPTION:Leave-taking of the Dormition. Resurrectional Gospel 2.\n\nAT G
 REAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\n“Blessed is the 
 man...” is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nLead my soul forth from pr
 ison* that I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nWe never cease to adore Your
  life-giving Cross\, O Christ our God\,* And we glorify Your resurrection 
 on the third day.* For You\, Almighty One\, have thereby restored the corr
 upted nature of all* and reopened the way to heaven\,* since You alone are
  gracious and You love mankind.\n\nThe just shall gather around me* when Y
 ou have been good to me.\n\nO Saviour\, You have absolved the penalty of d
 isobedience\,* committed through the tree of Eden\,* by willingly being na
 iled to the tree of the cross.* As Almighty God\, You descended into Hades
 * and broke asunder the bonds of death.* We\, therefore\, venerate Your re
 surrection from the dead\,* and joyfully cry out to You:* Almighty Lord\, 
 glory to You!\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear 
 my voice!\n\nO Lord\, You have battered down the gates of Hades\,* and by 
 Your death You have dissolved the realm of death.* You have freed mankind 
 from corruption\,* bestowing life\, incorruption\, and Your great mercy up
 on the world.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\
 nCome\, all you people\,* let us sing the praises of our Saviour’s resur
 rection on the third day.* For we have\, thereby\, been delivered from the
  invincible bonds of Hades\,* and we have received incorruption\, together
  with eternal life.* Therefore\, we cry out to You* after Your crucifixion
 \, burial\, and resurrection:* Save us by Your resurrection\, for You love
  mankind.\n\nTone 1\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But
  with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nO what a wonder! The 
 Source of Life is placed in a tomb\;* the grave becomes a ladder to heaven
 .* Rejoice\, Gethsemane\, holy chamber of the Mother of God!* As for us\, 
 O faithful\,* let us cry out with Gabriel\, the prince of angels:* Rejoice
 \, O woman full of grace\, the Lord is with you\,* the Lord\, Who because 
 of you\, bestows great mercy upon the world.\n\nI have waited for You as Y
 ou have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has
  trusted in the Lord.\n\nO what a wonder! The Source of Life is placed in 
 a tomb\;* the grave becomes a ladder to heaven.* Rejoice\, Gethsemane\, ho
 ly chamber of the Mother of God!* As for us\, O faithful\,* let us cry out
  with Gabriel\, the prince of angels:* Rejoice\, O woman full of grace\, t
 he Lord is with you\,* the Lord\, Who because of you\, bestows great mercy
  upon the world.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust i
 n the Lord.\n\nO Lady\, marvellous are your mysteries.* You have become th
 e throne of the Most High\,* and today you are taken from earth to heaven.
 * Your glory shines forth with the radiance of divine grace* and surpasses
  every other splendour.* Rise up to the heavens\, all you virgins\,* toget
 her with the Mother of our King\, and cry out:* Rejoice\, O Woman full of 
 grace\, the Lord is with you\,* the Lord\, Who because of you\,* bestows g
 reat mercy upon the world.\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\nO Lady\, marvellous are your mysteries.* You have become
  the throne of the Most High\,* and today you are taken from earth to heav
 en.* Your glory shines forth with the radiance of divine grace* and surpas
 ses every other splendour.* Rise up to the heavens\, all you virgins\,* to
 gether with the Mother of our King\, and cry out:* Rejoice\, O Woman full 
 of grace\, the Lord is with you\,* the Lord\, Who because of you\,* bestow
 s great mercy upon the world.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proc
 laim His glory\, all you people.\n\nBehold\, all the heavenly hosts\,* the
  Dominations\, Thrones\, and Principalities\,* Virtues\, Powers\, Cherubim
 \, and Seraphim\,* sing a hymn of glory to your Dormition.* The entire hum
 an race rejoices at your glory\;* and kings\, together with the Angels and
  Archangels\, sing out to you:* Rejoice\, O Woman full of grace\, the Lord
  is with you\,* the Lord\, Who because of you\,* bestows great mercy upon 
 the world.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His 
 truth endure.\n\nBehold\, all the heavenly hosts\,* the Dominations\, Thro
 nes\, and Principalities\,* Virtues\, Powers\, Cherubim\, and Seraphim\,* 
 sing a hymn of glory to your Dormition.* The entire human race rejoices at
  your glory\;* and kings\, together with the Angels and Archangels\, sing 
 out to you:* Rejoice\, O Woman full of grace\, the Lord is with you\,* the
  Lord\, Who because of you\,* bestows great mercy upon the world.\n\nGlory
 …\n\nThe holy apostles were taken up from every corner of the world* and
  carried upon clouds by the command of God.* They gathered around you pure
  body\, O Source of Life\,* and kissed it with reverence.* As for the most
  sublime powers of heaven\, * they came with their own leader* to escort a
 nd to pay their last respects to the most honourable body* that had contai
 ned Life itself.* Filled with awe\, they marched together with the apostle
 s in silent majesty\,* professing to the princes of heaven in a hushed voi
 ce:* Lift up your gates and receive\, with becoming majesty\,* the Mother 
 of the Light that never fades\,* because\, through her\, salvation was mad
 e possible for mankind.* She is the One upon whom no one may gaze\,* and t
 o whom no one is able to render sufficient glory\;* for the special honour
  that made her sublime is beyond understanding.* Therefore\, O Most Pure M
 other of God\,* forever alive with your Son\, the Source of Life\,* do not
  cease to intercede with Him* that He may guard and save Your people from 
 every trouble\;* for you are our intercessor.* To you we sing a hymn of gl
 ory* with loud and joyful voice\, now and forever.\n\nTone 4\, Now…\n\nO
  Mother of God\, because of You* David the Prophet became an ancestor of G
 od\;* he foretold and sang a joyous hymn of praise* and cried out to Him w
 ho worked wonders in you:* “The Queen stood at your right hand.”* God 
 revealed you as a life-giving mother\,* when He chose to be incarnate of y
 ou without a father.* He renewed in man His image* which the passions had 
 corrupted.* He found the lost sheep in the mountains\,* carried it on His 
 shoulders\,* offered it to the Father\,* generously numbered it among the 
 powers of heaven\,* and saved the whole world\, since He is Christ of grea
 t and rich mercy.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 4\n\nIn being lifted upon the cross
 \, O Lord\,* You abolished the curse which we had inherited from our fathe
 rs.* By going down into Hades\,* You freed from eternal captivity those im
 prisoned there\,* and granted incorruption to mankind.* We\, therefore\, p
 raise Your life-giving and redeeming resurrection.\n\nThe Lord reigns\, He
  is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt about with strength.\
 n\nBy hanging on the cross\, O Almighty One\,* You shook the whole creatio
 n to its foundations.* When You Yourself were laid in the grave\,* You rai
 sed to life those who had been lying in the graves\,* and You granted life
  and incorruption to mankind.* We\, therefore\, praise and glorify Your re
 surrection on the third day.\n\nFor He has made the world firm\, which sha
 ll not be moved.\n\nO Christ\, the lawless people showed their ingratitude
  to You\, their Benefactor\,* by delivering You to Pilate who condemned yo
 u to be crucified.* But You willingly suffered death and burial\;* and\, a
 s God\, You rose by Your own power on the third day\,* granting us everlas
 ting life and great mercy.\n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\, for le
 ngth of days.\n\nThe women\, shedding bitter tears\, came to see You in Yo
 ur tomb\;* and not finding Your body\, they lamented\, saying:* O Saviour 
 and King of All\, how were You stolen?* What place holds Your life-bearing
  body?* An angel answered them\, saying:* Do not weep\, but go and proclai
 m that the Lord is risen\,* filling our hearts with joy\;* for He alone is
  most compassionate.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin Mother of God\,* at th
 e time you were carried up to the One born of you* in a manner beyond unde
 rstanding\,* James and Peter were present\;* James\, the brother of the Lo
 rd and first bishop\,* and Peter\, the honourable head of the apostles and
  prince of theologians.* The whole college of apostles was also there\,* a
 ll in one accord proclaiming things divine\,* praising the astounding myst
 ery of Christ\,* and with joy\, preparing your body\, O most glorious One\
 ,* source of Life and temple of God.* The most holy angelic powers\,* were
  rapt in wonder at the sight of this miracle\,* and they said to each othe
 r:* Lift up your gates to receive the Mother of the Creator of heaven and 
 earth.* Come\, let us all sing hymns to her noble and holy body* that has 
 contained the invisible Lord.* Therefore\, we also celebrate your feast\;*
  and\, O woman worthy of all praise\, we cry out:* O glorious Lady\, exalt
  the Christian peoples* and intercede with Christ God that He may save our
  souls.\n\nTroparia\, Tone 4\n\nWhen the disciples of the Lord learned fro
 m the angel* the glorious news of the resurrection* and cast off the ances
 tral condemnation\,* they proudly told the apostles:* “Death has been pl
 undered!* Christ our God is risen\,* granting to the world great mercy.”
 \n\nTone 1\, Glory... Now...\n\nIn giving birth you retained your virginit
 y\,* in falling asleep you did not abandon the world\, O Mother of God.* Y
 ou passed into life\, for you are the Mother of Life\,* and by your prayer
 s* you deliver our souls from death.\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\n
 Usual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Tone 4\n\nT
 roparia\, Tone 4\n\nWhen the disciples of the Lord learned from the angel*
  the glorious news of the resurrection* and cast off the ancestral condemn
 ation\,* they proudly told the apostles:* “Death has been plundered!* Ch
 rist our God is risen\,* granting to the world great mercy.” (2)\n\nGlor
 y... Now...\n\nO Mother of God\, the mystery hidden from all eternity* 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 pe
 rfect but unconfused union.* Then\, He willingly accepted the cross for ou
 r sake* and thereby raised again the first created man\,*and saved our sou
 ls from death.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalms 9\, 10\nStasis II: P
 salms 11\, 12\, 13\nStasis III: Psalms 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSes
 sional Hymn\, Tone 4\n\nLooking into the entrance of the tomb\,* the Myrrh
 -bearing women were unable to endure the bright radiance of the Angel\,* t
 rembling in awe they said\;* How is it that He who has opened Paradise to 
 the Thief hath been stolen?* How is it that He who before His passion proc
 laimed His Arising has been raised?* Truly Christ God has arisen\, grantin
 g those in Hades life and resurrection.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let You
 r hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nMortal me
 n laid in a new tomb* the One who through a word established the ends of e
 arth\,* for You\, O Saviour\, willingly endured the Cross\,* whereby You c
 onquered the adversary\, and despoiled death\,* for which cause all those 
 in Hades extol Your life-giving Arising saying* Christ\, the giver of life
 \, has arisen and abides to the ages.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAs he contempl
 ated that which was beyond nature* Joseph was struck with wonder\, O Theot
 okos\, at you conception without seed.* He contemplated the mysterious dew
  upon the fleece\,* the bush unburnt by fire\,* Aaron’s rod which budded
 .* Thus your Betrothed and guardian bore witness and cried to the priests 
 saying:* A Virgin bears a child\,* and after child-birth remains yet a vir
 gin.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\,
  20\nStasis III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, T
 one 4\n\nO Saviour\, You arose from Hades as immortal\,* raising the world
  together with You by Your might\, O Christ our God.* With strength You ha
 ve overthrown the dominion of death\,* revealing the Resurrection to all\,
  O Merciful one.* Wherefore we also glorify You\, O only Lover of mankind.
 \n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of al
 l Your wonders.\n\nGabriel radiant in white vestments descended from the h
 eights above\,* and approaching the rock upon which the Rock of life was l
 ying\,* cried to the weeping women saying:* Cease your cries of lamentatio
 n\;* for you have now obtained merciful compassion.* Take courage\, for th
 e One you seek is truly risen.* Therefore\, cry to the Apostles telling th
 em that the Lord has arisen\,* to worship the risen One\;* and having rece
 ived gladness\, to take courage\, together with Eve.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\
 nAll the choirs of Angels were struck with wonder\, O Pure Virgin\,* at th
 e awesome mystery of your conception.* How can the One who holds all thing
 s in place with only a nod\,* now be held in your arms as a man?* How can 
 the Eternal accept a beginning?* How can the One who nourishes everything 
 that has breath by His ineffable goodness\,* be suckled at your breast?* A
 nd upon seeing these things\, with hymns they glorify you* as truly the Mo
 ther of God.\n\nEvoglitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 4\n\nThe Myr
 rh-bearing women hastened to proclaim to the Apostles* the news of Your wo
 ndrous Rising\, O Christ:* that as God You have arisen\,* granting the wor
 ld great mercy.\n\nGradual Hymns\, Tone 4\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nFrom my youth d
 o many passions war against me\;* but do You Yourself defend* and save me\
 , O my Saviour.\n\nYou haters of Sion shall be shamed by the Lord\;* for l
 ike grass\, by the fire* shall you be withered.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nIn t
 he Holy Spirit\, every soul is quickened\,* and\, through cleansing\, is e
 xalted* and made radiant* by the Triple Unity in a hidden sacred manner.\n
 \nAntiphon 2\n\nFrom the depths of my soul* I have cried to You fervently\
 , O Lord\;* let Your divine ears be attentive to me.\n\nEveryone who has s
 et their hope in the Lord\,* is higher than all those* who mourn.\n\nGlory
 … Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit* the streams of grace swell up\;* waterin
 g all creation* engendering life.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nLet my heart be raised 
 to You\, O Lord\;* and let none of the pleasures of the world lure me* to 
 weakness.\n\nAs one that has tender love for one’s mother\;* so should w
 e have even more fervent love* for the Lord.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the 
 Holy Spirit comes an abundance of divine knowledge\,* contemplation and wi
 sdom\;* for by Him the Word unveils* all the Father’s teachings.\n\nProk
 eimenon\, Tone 4\n\nArise\, O Lord: help us\,* and redeem us for Your name
 ’s sake.\n\nverse: We heard with our own ears\, O God\, our fathers have
  told us the story of the things You did in days long ago.\n\nLet everythi
 ng that lives\, Tone 4\n\nGospel\n\nMark 16:1-8\n\nHymn of Resurrection\n\
 nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCanon\, Tone 4\n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: Throu
 gh the Red Sea\, as on the dry land\,* old Israel passed on with unmoisten
 ed foot\;* crosswise\, in the wilderness\, Moses held up his arms* and the
 y routed Amalek’s might.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\
 nAs good and all-powerful\, O Lord\, you were lifted up on the immaculate 
 tree of your cross\, healing by the tree our utter destruction\, setting r
 ight our defection.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nIn you
 r body in the tomb\, as God with your soul in Hell\, with the Thief in Par
 adise\, you were yet\, O Christ\, on the throne with the Father and the Sp
 irit\, all things filling\, and infinite.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou concei
 ved the Son of God without seed\, by the Father’s purpose\, from the div
 ine Spirit\; you bore in flesh the one from the Father without mother: thr
 ough us\, out of you\, without father.\n\n \n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: Your Churc
 h\, O Christ\, makes merry in you\, crying aloud:* You are my strength\, O
  Lord\, my refuge\, my firm foundation.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection
 \, O Lord.\n\nThe tree of life\, the true and intellectual vine\, hangs up
 on the cross pouring forth to all the elixir of life.\n\nGlory to your hol
 y Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nAs a great one and fearful\, demolishing utter
 ly the insolence of Hell\, as God incorruptible\, now you have risen in th
 e flesh.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou only\, O Mother of God\, are the friend
  who procures the good things beyond nature for those upon earth and there
 fore we bring to you our “Hail.”\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 4\n\nIrmos: Seeing 
 you the Sun of Righteousness* lifted high on the cross\,* with good reason
  your Church stood still in her course and exclaimed:* Glory to your power
 \, O Lord.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou went up on 
 the Cross\, to the Passion of your pure flesh worn of your own will\, thus
  healing my passions. Therefore we cry to you: Glory to your power\, O Lor
 d.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Lord\, death tasted o
 f your life-giving\, sinless flesh and deservedly was slain. But we cry to
  you: Glory to your power\, O Lord.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou bore a child
 \, O Virgin\, without a man\, and after the birth you were discerned as st
 ill a virgin\; therefore in faith unwavering we cry in never silent voices
 : Hail to you\, our Lady.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: Lord\, my light\, 
 you have come into the world\;* O holy light\, turn from the darkness of i
 gnorance all who sing to you in faith.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\
 , O Lord.\n\nIn compassion\, O Lord\, you came down to the earth\; hanging
  upon the tree you raised up the fallen nature of man.\n\nGlory to your ho
 ly Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Christ\, you bore yourself the reproach of 
 my sins\; you loosed the pangs of death\, Compassionate\, in your holy res
 urrection.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWe thrust you forward as an unbreakable s
 hield in face of our enemies\; we have gained you\, Bride of God\, as anch
 or and hope of our salvation.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 6\n\nIrmos: I will sacrifi
 ce to you\, O Lord\, with the voice of praise:* so cries your Church to yo
 u\,* purified from demons’ gore* through the blood which flows in pity f
 rom your side.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nGirded with
  power you went up on the cross and came to grips with the tyrant and as G
 od you dashed him down from the heights and raised up Adam with your invin
 cible hand.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou are risen\
 , O Christ\, from the tomb in dazzling beauty of lightning flash\, scatter
 ing to the winds by your power divine every one of your enemies. As God yo
 u have filled all things with gladness.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO wonder of 
 all wonders\, newest and strangest\, that a virgin\, knowing no man\, conc
 eived in the womb him who holds the whole universe in his hands and suffer
 ed no straitening.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nKontakion\n\nMy Saviour and Deliverer fro
 m the grave* as God raised out of bondage the children of the earth* and s
 hattered the gates of Hades\;* and as Master\, He rose on the third day.\n
 \n&nbsp\;\n\nIkos\n\nToday Christ\, the giver of life\, has risen from the
  dead\, come after three days from the tomb\; by his might he has smashed 
 the doors of death\, put Hell to death and crushed death’s sting and Ada
 m with Eve set free. Let all of us born of the earth sing to him\, in than
 kfulness fervently cry out his praise. For he\, the lone strong One\, on t
 he third day as God and as Lord has risen.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 7\n\nIrmos: I
 n a Persian furnace three children of Abraham were set on fire* but more t
 han in the flames they blazed in loving desire to God\, and cried:* Blesse
 d are you\, O Lord\,* in the temple of your glory.\n\nGlory to your holy R
 esurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWashed in Christ’s divine blood\, mankind has b
 een called to incorruption and sings in thanksgiving: Blessed are you\, O 
 Lord\, in the temple of your glory.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O
  Lord.\n\nYour tomb\, O Christ\, declares itself life-bearing\, fairer far
  than Paradise\, more radiant than any kingly hall\, fount of our resurrec
 tion.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHail\, tabernacle of the Most High\, hallowed 
 and sacred. Joy is given through you\, O Mother of God\, to those who cry 
 to you: Blessed are you amongst women\, All-holy Lady.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 8
 \n\nIrmos: Daniel\, with hands outspread in the den\,* stopped the gaping 
 jaws of the lions\;* the three children\, lovers of God\,* clothed in the 
 virtue of godliness\,* quenched the power of the fire and sang aloud:* Ble
 ss the Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrectio
 n\, O Lord.\n\nWith hands outspread on the cross\, O Lord\, you gathered t
 ogether the nations and showed them to be one Church praising you\, with t
 hose on earth and those in heaven in harmony singing: Bless the Lord\, all
  you works of the Lord.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nAs
  lightning flashing\, in the unapproachable light of the resurrection\, th
 e white-robed angel appeared to the women and cried: Why do you seek the l
 iving in the tomb as dead? Christ is risen indeed and we cry to him: All y
 ou his works\, sing praises to the Lord.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou alone\,
  among all the families of the earth\, are revealed as Mother of God\; who
 lly without stain\, unharmed by the fire of the unapproachable light\, you
  became the dwelling-place of the Godhead. We all bless you\, therefore\, 
 Mary\, God’s bride.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nMagnificat\n\n \n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: Fr
 om you\, O Virgin\, the mountain unhewn\,* is taken the stone uncut by hum
 an hands:* Christ the cornerstone\, disparate natures joining together.* T
 herefore\, we rejoice and magnify you\, Mother of God.\n\nGlory to your ho
 ly Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWholly you have taken me up entire into union
  without confusion through your great mercy\, my God\, giving me salvation
  in full through your suffering endured on the cross in the flesh.\n\nGlor
 y to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nGazing upon your opened tomb and 
 upon the linen clothes\, within which God had lain\, left empty by your re
 surrection\, your disciples said with the angel: The Lord is risen indeed.
 \n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll we the faithful worship the one divine nature b
 ut Trinity of persons\; persons unconfounded\, equal in power and equal in
  honour\, we reverently magnify.\n\n \n\nSmall Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord
 \n\nHymn of Light\n\nWhen the myrrh-bearing women saw the stone rolled awa
 y\, they rejoiced\;* for they saw a young man sitting at the grave who sai
 d to them:* Behold\, Christ is risen!* Say to Peter\, the disciple of the 
 Lord:* Hasten to the mountain in Galilee\;* there you shall see Christ* as
  He had said to His friends.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAt the time of Your con
 ception\, O Lord\,* an angel said to the Virgin: Rejoice!* At the time of 
 Your resurrection* an angel also rolled the stone away from Your glorious 
 tomb.* Instead of sadness and death one proclaimed signs of joy\;* the oth
 er announced You as the Source of life* extolling Your resurrection to the
  disciples and the women.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nStichera of the Praises
 \, Tone 4\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this honour is for a
 ll His faithful.\n\nO all-powerful Lord\,* Who endured the Cross and death
 \,* and arose from the dead\,* we glorify Your Holy Resurrection.\n\nPrais
 e God in His holy place\, praise Him in His mighty heavens.\n\nBy Your Cro
 ss\, O Christ\, You have delivered us from the ancient curse\,* and by You
 r death You have conquered the devil who tyrannized our nature.* By Your a
 rising You have filled all things with joy\,* wherefore we cry to You:* O 
 Lord risen from the dead\, glory be to You!\n\nPraise Him for His powerful
  deeds\,* praise His surpassing greatness.\n\nO Christ the Saviour\,* with
  Your Cross\, guide us to Your truth\,* and deliver us from the snares of 
 the enemy\;* O You who are risen from the dead* raise us also who have fal
 len through sin\,* by the stretching out of Your hand\,* O Lord\, at the b
 ehest of the prayers of Your Saints.\n\nO praise Him with sound of trumpet
 \,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nWithout departing from Your Father
 ’s bosom\,* in Your tender compassion\, You descended to earth\,* O Only
 -begotten Word of God\,* without change becoming man.* While You are impas
 sible in Your divinity\,* You suffered the Cross and death in the flesh\;*
  and rising from the dead You have granted immortality to the race of mank
 ind\,* as You alone are all-powerful.\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance
 \,* praise Him with strings and pipes.\n\nThe heavens rejoice in your glor
 ious Dormition\,* and the angelic hosts are filled with joy\;* all the uni
 verse is exalting* as they sing hymns of farewell to you\,* O Mother of th
 e Master of the universe\,* O all-holy Virgin who did not know wedlock.* Y
 ou have delivered the human race from the condemnation of old.\n\nO praise
  Him with resounding cymbals\, praise Him with clashing of cymbals.* Let e
 verything that lives and that breathes give praise to the Lord.\n\nAt the 
 divine command\, the chosen apostles* hastened from the ends of the univer
 se to bury you\;* and\, seeing you carried from earth to heaven\,* they pr
 aised you with the words of Gabriel:* Rejoice\, O bearer of the entire Div
 inity!* Rejoice\, O Virgin\, for you alone brought heaven and earth togeth
 er* in giving birth to your Son.\n\nArise\, O Lord\, into Your rest\, * Yo
 u and the ark of Your strength.\n\nYou have given birth to Life\,* and now
  by your holy Dormition* you have crossed the borders into eternal life.* 
 The Angels\, the Principalities\, and the Virtues\,* the prophets\, the ap
 ostles\, and all creation form a procession\,* and your Son receives your 
 pure soul into his immaculate hands\,* O Virgin Mother and Bride of God.\n
 \nTone 6\n\nThe Lord has made a faithful oath unto David\, * and He shall 
 not shrink from it.\n\nFor your holy Dormition\, O Mother of God and Mothe
 r of Life\,* the clouds carried the apostles through the air.* Those who h
 ad been scattered throughout the world* were brought together in a single 
 choir\;* and\, burying your most pure body with respect\,* they sang the w
 ords of Gabriel:* Rejoice\, O full of grace\, O unwedded Virgin\;* the Lor
 d is with you!* Intercede with your Son and our God to save our souls.\n\n
 Tone 4\, Glory…\n\nThe women came at early dawn to Your tomb\, O Christ\
 ,* but they did not find Your venerable body.* As they were perplexed\, an
  angel in shining clothes said to them:* Why do you seek the Living among 
 the dead?* He is risen as He foretold.* Have you forgotten what He said?* 
 Being assured by the words of the angel\,* the women preached to the disci
 ples about the things they saw.* But their good news was received with rid
 icule\;* for the disciples were still without understanding.* Peter\, howe
 ver\, hastened to Your tomb* and then glorified Your wonders\, O Lord.\n\n
 Tone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly most blessed\, O virgin Mother of God.* T
 hrough the One who was incarnate of you\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revive
 d\, the curse wiped out\,* Eve set free\, Death put to death\,* and we our
 selves were brought back to life.* That is why we cry out in praise\;* Ble
 ssed are You\, O Christ our God\,* who finds in this your good pleasure. G
 lory to You!\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTrisagion Prayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\
 n\nYou came forth from death\, destroying the eternal bonds of Hades\, O L
 ord.* You broke the curse of Death* and thus delivered us from the snares 
 of the Evil One.* Then You appeared to your apostles and sent them forth t
 o preach\,* and through them You have bestowed your peace upon all the wor
 ld\,* for You alone are rich in mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Su
 pplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MO
 RNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: When the disciples o
 f the Lord learned from the angel* the glorious news of the resurrection* 
 and cast off the ancestral condemnation\,* they proudly told the apostles:
 * “Death has been plundered!* Christ our God is risen\,* granting to the
  world great mercy.”\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: In giving birth you retained
  your virginity\,* in falling asleep you did not abandon the world\, O Mot
 her of God.* You passed into life\, for you are the Mother of Life\,* and 
 by your prayers* you deliver our souls from death.\n\nGlory be to the Fath
 er and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: My Saviou
 r and Deliverer from the grave* as God raised out of bondage the children 
 of the earth* and shattered the gates of Hades\;* and as Master\, He rose 
 on the third day.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 
 2: The tomb and death could not hold the Mother of God\,* unceasing in her
  intercession and unfailing hope of patronage\,* for\, as the Mother of Li
 fe\, she was transferred to life* by Him Who had dwelt in her ever-virgin 
 womb.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nHow great are Your works\, O Lord* You ha
 ve made all things in wisdom.\n\nverse: Bless the Lord\, O my soul: O Lord
  my God\, You are exceedingly great. (Psalm 103:24\,1)\n\nProkeimenon\, To
 ne 3\n\nMy soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my 
 Saviour.\n\nEpistle\n\n1 Corinthians 16:13-24\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nvers
 e: Poise yourself and advance in triumph and reign in the cause of truth\,
  and meekness\, and justice.\n\nverse: You have loved justice and hated in
 iquity. (Psalm 44:5\,8)\n\nverse: Rise up\, O Lord\, to the place of Your 
 rest\, You and the ark of Your holiness.\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 21:33-42\n\n
 Hymn to the Theotokos\n\nSeeing the pure one’s falling asleep\, angels m
 arvelled in wonder how the Virgin could ascend from earth to heaven.\n\nAn
 d the Irmos: O pure Virgin\, in you are conquered the bounds of nature\,* 
 for childbirth remains virginal and death is betrothed to life.* Virgin af
 ter childbearing and alive after death\, O Mother of God\,* never cease to
  save your inheritance.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the heav
 ens\;* praise Him in the highest.* I will take the chalice of salvation\;*
  and I will call upon the name of the Lord.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* allelu
 ia.
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