BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:546@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260809 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260810 DTSTAMP:20260725T143309Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/sunday-august-9-2026-eleventh-su nday-after-pentecost-octoechos-tone-2-the-holy-apostle-matthias/ SUMMARY:Sunday\, August 9\, 2026\; Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost\; Octoec hos Tone 2\; The Holy Apostle Matthias. DESCRIPTION:Polyeleos Feast. Dormition Fast. Post-feast of the Transfigurat ion\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 2\n\nLead my soul forth from prison* that I ma y give thanks to Your name.\n\nCome\, let us adore God the Word\,* who was born of the Father before all ages\,* and was incarnate of the Virgin Mar y\;* for of His own free will He suffered the Cross* and submitted Himself to burial\,* and arose from the dead to save me\, a sinful one.\n\nThe ju st shall gather around me* when You have been good to me.\n\nChrist our Sa viour cancelled the decree that was written against us\,* by nailing it to the Cross\;* and He abolished the dominion of Death.* Let us glorify His resurrection on the third day.\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\ ;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nLet us\, together with the archangels\, sing of Christ’s resurrection\;* for He is the Redeemer and Saviour of our s ouls.* He will come again in awesome glory and mighty power* to judge the world which He has fashioned.\n\nTone 2\, Podoben “When from the tree… ”\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nCome\, le t us faithfully celebrate the brilliant\, divine Transfiguration.* Having been renewed in spirit\,* we shall climb to the summit of virtue\;* and ha ving learned with the apostles* the revelation of the strange mysteries\,* we shall glorify the Lord and Saviour.\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nR ejoice and be happy\, O faithful!* The Church now celebrates this precious and bright feast.* The Master of all is transfigured.* He is resplendent in the dawn of ineffable splendour\,* shining more brightly than the sun.\ n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nThis is the God and the Creator of all.* Through his great mercy He took on the appearance of a slave.* He now heals the wounds of ancient times.* By his gleaming count enance* He revealed the glow of divinity in his body.* The terrified apost les fell to the ground\;* they bowed before the Master of all.\n\nTone 1\, Podoben “O most lauded martyrs…”\n\nFrom the morning watch until ni ght* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nO holy apostle Matthias\,* you fille d the choir from which Judas fell away.* You cast out the darkness of idol -worship* with the splendour of your wise words.* Now pray that Christ may grant peace and great mercy to our souls.\n\nFor with the Lord there is m ercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem I srael from all its iniquities.\n\nO holy apostle Matthias\,* you filled th e choir from which Judas fell away.* You cast out the darkness of idol-wor ship* with the splendour of your wise words.* Now pray that Christ may gra nt peace and great mercy to our souls.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nation s\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nO blessed Matthias\,* you flo wed like a river filled with divine water* and watered the earth with your mystical streams\,* thus causing it to bear much fruit.* Pray that Christ may grant peace and great mercy to our souls.\n\nStrong is the love of th e Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nO God-inspired Matthi as\,* the universe shines in the brightness of your inspired teaching\;* f or your instructions have illumined and enlightened all.* They have guided all to an understanding of God\;* they have transformed into dwellings of brightness* those who had lived in the darkness of vain illusions* and in the darkness of life without God.\n\nTone 6\, Glory...\n\nGrace was poure d out through your lips\, O glorious apostle Matthias.* You were a luminar y in the Church of Christ.* You taught the disciples to believe in the con substantial Trinity\,* in the one divinity.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\ nO Virgin\, the shadow of the Law passed away* with the realization of gra ce.* For as the bush had burned without being consumed\,* so you gave birt h while a virgin* and you remained a virgin.* Instead of the pillar of fir e there rose the Sun of Justice.* Instead of Moses\, Christ God came forth \,* the Saviour of our souls.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 6\n\nThe Lord reigns\, * He is clothed in majesty.\n\nverse: Robed is the Lord and girt about wit h strength.\n\nverse: For He has made the world firm\, which shall not be moved.\n\nverse: Holiness befits Your house\, O Lord\, for length of days. \n\nReadings\n\n(1) Acts 1:15-26\; (2) 1 John 3: 21 through 4: 6\; (3) 1 J ohn 4: 11 -16\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nYour Resurrection\, O Christ our S aviour\,* has enlightened the whole universe\;* and\, through it\, You cal l back to Yourself all Creation.* Almighty God\, glory to You!\n\nThe Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt about wit h strength.\n\nBy the wood of Your Cross\, O Saviour\,* You have abolished the curse of the tree\;* by Your burial You have destroyed the power of d eath\;* and by Your resurrection You enlightened the human race.* We\, the refore\, cry out to You:* O Christ our God\, Giver of Life\, glory to You! \n\nFor He has made the world firm\, which shall not be moved.\n\nO Christ \, when You were nailed to the Cross\,* the distorted nature of creation w as made manifest.* The soldiers showed their inhumanity by piercing Your s ide with a lance\,* and the people showed their ignorance of Your power* b y asking that Your tomb be sealed.* But\, in Your mercy\, You accepted bur ial* and then arose on the third day.* O Lord\, glory to You!\n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\, for length of days.\n\nO Christ\, Giver of Li fe\,* You freely endured the Passion for the sake of mortals.* In Your pow er You descended into Hades\;* and snatching\, as from a mighty monster\, the souls of those who awaited Your coming\,* You placed them in Paradise. * Therefore\, show Your great mercy to us who glorify Your resurrection\,* and cleanse our souls.\n\nTone 2\, Glory…\n\nFilled with divine ambitio n\, O apostle Matthias\,* you laboured zealously for God the almighty* who revealed you worthy of divine miracles.* Now you abide with the heavenly hosts and behold our God. * Pray to the Word\, Christ our God\,* to grant his great mercy to us.\n\nNow…\n\nYou were transfigured in glory on Moun t Tabor\, O Christ our God\,* and You showed your disciples the glory of y our divinity.* Now also pour out the light of your knowledge upon us* and\ , in your goodness and your love for all of us\,* guide us in the way of y our divine commandments.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 2\n\nWhen You went down to de ath\, O Life Immortal\,* You struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Y our divinity.* When You raised the dead from the nether world\,* all the p owers of heaven cried out:* “O Giver of Life\, Christ our God\, glory be to You!”\n\nTone 3\, Glory…\n\nO holy apostle Matthias\, intercede wi th the all-merciful God* that He may grant us forgiveness of our sins.\n\n Tone 7\, Now…\n\nYou were transfigured on the mount\, O Christ God\,* sh owing Your glory to Your disciples as much as they could bear.* Make Your eternal light shine* also on us who are sinners\,* through the prayers of the Mother of God* O Giver of Light\, glory to You!\n\n \;\n\nGREAT MA TINS ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\n God the Lord\, Tone 2\n\nTroparia\, Tone 2\n\nWhen You went down to death\ , O Life Immortal\,* You struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your divinity.* When You raised the dead from the nether world\,* all the power s of heaven cried out:* “O Giver of Life\, Christ our God\, glory be to You!” (2)\n\nTone 3\, Glory…\n\nO holy apostle Matthias\, intercede wi th the all-merciful God* that He may grant us forgiveness of our sins.\n\n Tone 7\, Now…\n\nYou were transfigured on the mount\, O Christ God\,* sh owing Your glory to Your disciples as much as they could bear.* Make Your eternal light shine* also on us who are sinners\,* through the prayers of the Mother of God* O Giver of Light\, glory to You!\n\nPsalter Reading\n\n Stasis I: Psalms 9\, 10\nStasis II: Psalms 11\, 12\, 13\nStasis III: Psalm s 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn I\, Tone 2\n\nThe noble J oseph having taken down You most pure Body from the tree\,* wrapped it in a fine linen shroud* covering it with fragrant spices* and placed it in a new sepulchre\;* but on the third day You arose\, O Lord\,* granting the w orld great mercy.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on h igh\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nThe Angel standing by the tomb cried to the myrrh-bearing women\,* ‘Myrrh is fitting for the dead\,* bu t Christ has been revealed a stranger to corruption.* rather cry aloud: Th e Lord is risen\,* granting the world great mercy!’\n\nGlory… Now…\n \nYou are highly glorified\, O Virgin Theotokos\,* and we sing your praise \,* for through the Cross of your Son Hades has been overthrown\,* Death h as been slain\,* and we who were dead have arisen and been granted life.* We have received Paradise\, our ancient delight\,* therefore with thanksgi ving we glorify Christ our God* as mighty and alone plenteous in mercy.\n\ nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nSt asis III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn II\, Tone 2\n\nYou did not prevent the grave stone from being sealed\,* and having a risen You granted to all the rock of the Faith.* O Lord\, glory be to You! \n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of al l Your wonders.\n\nThe choir of Your Disciples rejoices in harmony with th e Myrrh-bearing women\;* for with them we celebrate a common feast  to th e glory and honour of Your Resurrection.* Through them\, O Lord who loves mankind\,* grant Your people Your great mercy.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou a re highly blessed\, O Virgin Theotokos\,* for through Him who was incarnat e of you* Hades has been taken captive\, Adam recalled\, the curse slain\, and Eve set free\,* death has been put to death and we have been given li fe\;* therefore with hymns we cry to you:* Blessed are You O Christ our Go d who has been thus well-pleased\, glory be to You!\n\nPolyeleos\n\nExalta tion\n\nWe magnify you\,* O Matthias\, Apostle of Christ\,* and we honour your pangs and labours\,* with which you struggled in the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ.\n\nVerse: The heavens declare the glory of God\, and the firmament declares the work of His hand.\n\nEvlogitaria\n\nSmall Lita ny\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 2\n\nThe women coming to Your grave after the Passion * to anoint Your body\, O Christ God\,* saw Angels in the tomb and were fr ightened\,* for they heard a message from them:* The Lord has arisen\, gra nting the world His great mercy.\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 2\n\nHe who is g lorious among the apostles pursued the nations and taught the ends of the earth to worship You\, O Christ God\, with the Father and the Spirit. For his sake establish Your Church and send Your blessing upon the faithful\, O only Merciful One and Lover of mankind.\n\nTone 4\n\nAs the Sun of right eousness\, Christ emitted you like a ray of light\, to illumine the whole world\, O glorious Apostle Matthias\; and in you supplications you are lum inous and enlighten with the never-waning light of God all who celebrate y our holy memory with faith.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nCasting down the pride of idolatry and desiring the sufferings of the Savior\, O most blessed Ap ostle Matthias\, you were revealed to the world by heaven\, pouring forth miracles upon all\, and became a teacher for the nations. Therefore\, we h onour your memory as is meet\, glorifying you in hymns and faithfully magn ifying you\, O most noetically rich and divinely eloquent apostle. Entreat Christ God\, that He grant remission of sins to those who honour thy holy memory with love.\n\nTone 4\, Now…\n\nYou were transfigured on Mount Ta bor\, O Jesus\, and a radiant cloud\, stretching forth like a shadow\, cov ered the apostles with glory. Therefore\, they fell face down upon the gro und\, unable to bear the sight of the splendour of the unapproachable glor y of Your countenance\, O beginningless Savior. O Christ our God\, Who the n shone forth Your light upon them\, illumine our souls!\n\nHymn of Ascent \, Tone 2\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nI raise the eyes of my heart to You in heaven\, O Saviour.* Save me by Your radiance.\n\nHave mercy\, O my Christ\, on us who fail You every hour and in many ways\,* and grant to us the means to return to You* in repentance before the end.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTo the Holy Spirit belongs sovereignty\,* sanctification and the quickening of cr eation\,* for He is God\, one in essence with the Father* and the Word.\n\ nAntiphon 2\n\nIf the Lord was not among us\,* who could be kept safe from the one* who is both our foe and a manslayer?\n\nDo not hand Your servant over to destruction\, O my Saviour.* For like a lion they come up against me\,* they who are my foes.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTo the Holy Spirit belo ngs the source of life and its honour\,* for\, being God\, He preserves al l creation* by His power* in the Father through the Son.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\n Those who trust in the Lord are like the holy mountain:* they are utterly unshaken* by the assaults of the enemy.\n\nLet not those who live for God* stretch out their hands in iniquity\;* for with the rod of His word Chris t forbids such things.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit all wisdom flows forth\,* grace to the Apostles\,* crowns to the Martyrs\,* and to t he Prophets\, prophetic vision.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 2\n\nArouse Yourself \, O Lord my God\, in the commandment which You have enjoined\,* and a con gregation of peoples shall surround You.\n\nverse: O Lord my God\, I have put my hope in You. Save me from all them that pursue me and deliver me.\n \nLet everything that lives\, Tone 2\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 21:15-25\n\nHymn of Resurrection\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nGrace has been poured f orth in your lips\, O glorious Apostle Matthias\, and you were a luminary of the Church of Christ\, teaching the reason-endowed sheep to believe in the consubstantial Trinity\, in the one Godhead.\n\nCanon\, Tone 2\n\nOde 1\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Once his overwhelming power overt urned the whole of Pharaoh's army in the deep\;* but the Word made flesh\, the Lord of glory\, blotted out the wholly wretched sin.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe prince of this world in whose books we \, who disobeyed your commands\, were inscribed\, O Good One\, has been ju dged by your cross\; attacking you as a mortal\, he fell back from the pow er of your might and was exposed in his weakness.\n\nGlory to your holy Re surrection\, O Lord.\n\nDeliverer of the race of mortal men and author of incorruptible life\, you came into the world: for you tore in pieces the g rave clothes of death in your resurrection\, and this we glorify. Glorious ly he is glorified.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nO pure one\, and ever-Virgin\, you are shown to be higher than all creatures seen and unsee n\; for you bore the Creator since he willed to take flesh in your womb\; with boldness pray to him to save our souls.\n\nOde 3\n\nCanon of the Resu rrection\n\nIrmos: The desert\, the barren Church of the nations\, has blo ssomed as a lily at your coming\, O Lord\;* in this my heart is made firm. \n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nCreation at your Passion was put to confusion to see you in mean disguise and mocked by the lawless \, you whose lightest nod had established the universe.\n\nGlory to your h oly Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou fashioned me with your hands from the du st in your image\; and when\, through sin\, I was crushed again into the d ust of death\, you\, O Christ\, went down with me to Hell and raised me up with yourself.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nThe ranks of angels w ere amazed and the hearts of men trembled\, All-pure\, at your giving birt h\; wherefore we reverence you in faith\, O Mother of God.\n\nOde 4\n\nCan on of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: You came forth from the Virgin\,* not an ambassador\, not an angel\,* but the Lord himself made flesh\,* and saved my whole humanity.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou wer e standing\, my God\, before the judgment seat as one judged\, not crying out\, bringing\, O Lord\, judgment upon the nations. Thus\, through your P assion\, O Christ\, you wrought salvation for the world.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nBy your Passion the weapons of the enemies failed\, by your descent into Hell the cities of the foe were destroyed an d the insolence of the tyrant overthrown.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us .\n\nAll we the faithful know you a haven of salvation\, a fortified city unshaken\, Lady Mother of God\; for by your prayers you deliver our souls from danger.\n\nOde 5\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Christ God\, you are mediator between God and man:* through you\, O Lord\, we have acce ss from the night of ignorance to your Father\, the author of light.\n\nGl ory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou broke as the cedars\, O Chr ist\, the insolence of the enemy when\, of your own will\, O Lord\, you we re pleased to be lifted up in the flesh on the cypress\, the pine and the cedar.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThey laid you in th e lowest pit\, O Christ\, dead\, without breath\; but with your stripes yo u raised with yourself\, O Saviour\, the wounded and forgotten who slept i n the graves.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nPray to your Son and Lo rd\, pure Virgin\, to grant deliverance to prisoners and peace from the ho stile forces surrounding those who trust in you.\n\nOde 6\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Engulfed in sin's unfathomed depths* I cry to the f athomless deeps of your tender compassion\;* God has brought me up* from c orruption.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe righteous w as judged as a criminal and nailed to the tree with the lawless with his o wn blood granting forgiveness to the guilty.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurre ction\, O Lord.\n\nAs by one man\, the first Adam\, death came of old to t he world\, so by one\, the Son of God\, resurrection has been revealed .\n \nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nYou knew no man\, O Virgin\, you bore a child and remained for ever virgin\, revealing thus the signs of true di vinity of your Son and God.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2\n\nYou rose from the tom b\, O almighty Saviour\;* and Hades\, seeing this wonder\, was stricken wi th fear\; and the dead arose.* Creation saw and rejoices with You\, and Ad am exults.* And the world\, my Saviour\, sings Your praises for ever.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nIkos\n\nLight you are to those endarkened\, resurrection you are to all and life to mortal man\; and when you\, the Saviour\, raised up al l with yourself and despoiled the might of death\, when you\, O Word\, sha ttered the gates of Hell\, the dead saw it and marvelled at the marvel and all creation rejoiced together in your resurrection\, O Lover of man. For all of this we glorify and sing your coming down to us and all the univer se\, my Saviour\, hymns you for ever.\n\n \;\n\nOde 7\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: The godless decree of the lawless tyrant* re-kindle d the soaring flames\,* Christ let fall on the God-fearing children the de w of the Spirit.* He is blessed and glorious above all.\n\nGlory to your h oly Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYour tender compassion\, O Lord\, would not allow you to see mankind beneath the sway of death but you came and saved him by your own blood\, becoming man. He is blessed and glorious above all .\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nSeeing you clothed in th e robe of vengeance\, O Christ. Hell’s doorkeepers cowered in fear for y ou came to master\, O Lord\, the slave\, the reasonless tyrant. He is bles sed and glorious above all.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nWe know y ou the Holy of Holies\, Virgin unspotted\, Mother unwedded\, for you alone bore the unchangeable God: by your divine giving birth you have shed inco rruption on all the faithful.\n\nOde 8\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrm os: Once in Babylon by divine command* the blazing furnace divided its wor k\,* the Chaldaeans consuming\, the faithful bedewing\,* who sang: Bless t he Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe ranks of angels saw the garment of your flesh empurpled wit h your blood\, in trembling amazement at the magnitude of your longsufferi ng\, crying: Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThrough your rising\, O Merciful\, you have clothed my mortality with deathlessness\; therefore in glad thanksgiving your chosen people raise to you a song of praise\, crying: Truly death is swallowed up in victory.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nThe One inse parable from the Father and humanly\, divinely\, dwelling in your womb\, y ou conceived without seed and brought forth inexpressibly\, Birth-giver of God\, all-pure. By this we know you the salvation of us all.\n\n \;\n \nMagnificat\n\n \;\n\nOde 9\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Th e Son of the unbegun Begetter\, God and Lord\, made flesh of the Virgin\,* has appeared among us to bring light to the darkened places* and to gathe r the scattered together.* Therefore\, we magnify the all-praised Mother o f God.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nOn Golgotha\, as in Paradise\, there was planted\, O Saviour\, the thrice-happy tree of your pure cross\, nourished by your blood divine and water\; so from the wellsp ring of your holy side\, O Christ\, life has blossomed for us.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe crucified\, the all-powerful\, la id low the strong man armed\, and the nature of man\, lying below in the d ungeon of Hell\, he raised and placed on the Father's throne\; coming in t he midst of which we\, worshipping\, magnify you.\n\nWe bless the Lord\; F ather\, Son\, and Holy Spirit.\n\nIn the true faith singing\, let us the f aithful glorify the Trinity\, three in number\, one in substance\, indivis ible nature\, supremely divine\, triply shining light and never-setting ra diance\, the only uncompounded shedding light upon all.\n\nSmall Litany\n\ nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light\n\nAfter His resurrection the Lord aske d Peter three times:* Do you love Me?* Then the Lord set Peter as a shephe rd over His sheep.* When Peter saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following Him\,* he asked the Lord: What about him?* And the Lord said: If I want h im to wait until I come again\,* what is that to you\, O Peter\, my belove d?\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWhat an awesome mystery\; what a dazzling wonder! * Death has been abolished completely by death.* O Word\, Who then will no t praise\,* and who will not glorify Your resurrection?* Who will not prai se the Theotokos* who gave birth to You in the flesh and in purity?* There fore\, by her prayers\, save us all from Hades.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 2\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this hono ur is for all His faithful.\n\nEverything that breathes and every creature glorifies You\, O Lord\,* for through Your Cross You destroyed death* and thus shown the multitude of peoples Your Resurrection from the dead\,* as You alone love mankind.\n\nPraise God in His holy place\, praise Him in H is mighty heavens.\n\nLet the Jews tell how the soldiers lost the King the y were guarding.* Why then did the stone not guard the rock of life?* Eith er let them give up the one who was buried or adore Him as risen\,* exclai ming together with us:* Glory to the multitude of Your mercies:* O Saviour \, glory be to You!\n\nPraise Him for His powerful deeds\,* praise His sur passing greatness.\n\nRejoice O peoples and be glad!* for an Angel sat upo n the grave stone* and gave us good tidings saying:* Christ is risen from the dead* and has filled the universe with sweet fragrance.* Rejoice O peo ples and be glad!'\n\nO praise Him with sound of trumpet\,* praise Him wit h lute and harp\;\n\nBefore Your conception\, O Lord\,* an Angel brought t he greeting ‘Rejoice’ to the one full of grace:* at Your Resurrection an Angel rolled away the stone from Your glorious grave.* The one revealed the signs of joy instead of sorrow\;* the other instead of death has proc laimed to us the Master\, and giver of life.* Wherefore we cry to You:* O Benefactor of all mankind\,* Lord\, glory be to You!\n\nTone 2\; Podoben\, “O house of Ephratha…”\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance\,* prai se Him with strings and pipes.\n\nOn Mount Tabor * the glory of the Trinit y * was manifestly revealed * when You were transfigured\, * O my supremel y good Saviour.\n\nO praise Him with resounding cymbals\, praise Him with clashing of cymbals.* Let everything that lives and that breathes give pra ise to the Lord.\n\nAt the transfiguration * a cloud of light * was manife stly stretched forth\, * filling with amazement * the foremost of the divi ne disciples.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted up\, * f orget not Your poor ones to the end. \n\nElijah and Moses * stood before Y ou\, O Word\, * at Your transfiguration\, * and the Father bore witness\, * speaking from heaven.\n\nTone 2\, Samohlasniy\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell all Your wonders.\n\nForsaking e arthly things\,* you followed after Christ\,* marked by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit\;* and you were sent by Him to the nations who were peris hing\,* to convert men to the light of divine knowledge\, O Apostle Matthi as\,* and\, having finished the struggles of your divine sufferings and di vers torments\,* you committed your soul to Christ.* Entreat Him\, O all-b lessed one\, that He grant us great mercy.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nWhen Yo u showed Yourself to the disciples* after Your resurrection\, O Saviour\,* You appointed Simon to watch over Your sheep* as a recompense for His lov e\;* You asked him to tend the flock with care.* You said to him: If you l ove Me\, O Peter\,* feed my lambs and feed my sheep.* But at once he inqui red concerning the other disciple\,* revealing him to be the beloved.* The refore\, by the intercession of both\, O Christ\,* keep Your flock from th e ravaging wolves.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly most blessed\, O vi rgin Mother of God.* Through the One who was incarnate of you\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wiped out\,* Eve set free\, Death put to death\,* and we ourselves were brought back to life.* That is why we cr y out in praise\;* Blessed are You\, O Christ our God\,* who finds in this your good pleasure. Glory to You!\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTrisagion Prayers\ n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nYou came forth from death\, destroying the eterna l bonds of Hades\, O Lord.* You broke the curse of Death* and thus deliver ed us from the snares of the Evil One.* Then You appeared to your apostles and sent them forth to preach\,* and through them You have bestowed your peace upon all the world\,* for You alone are rich in mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY O N SUNDAY MORNING         \n\nAntiphon 1\n\nShout to the Lord\, all the earth\, sing now to His name\, give glory to His praise.\n\nThrough t he prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save us.\n\nThe voice of You r thunder was in the whirlwind\; Your lightning lit up the world.\n\nThrou gh the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save us.\n\nYou have clo thed Yourself in praise and splendour\; You robe Yourself in light as with a cloak.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save u s.\n\nGlory… Now… Only-begotten Son…\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nCome\, let us sing joyfully to the Lord\, let us acclaim God\, our Saviour.\n\nSon of Go d\, transfigured on the mount\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nLet us come before His face with praise\, and acclaim Him in psalms.\n\nSon of God\, transfigured on the mount\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nF or God is the great Lord\, and the great king over all the earth.\n\nSon o f God\, transfigured on the mount\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\n Entrance\n\nCome\, let us worship and fall down before Christ.\n\nSon of G od\, transfigured on the mount\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nTro paria and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2: When You went down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* You struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your divi nity.* When You raised the dead from the nether world\,* all the powers of heaven cried out:* “O Giver of Life\, Christ our God\, glory be to You! ”\n\nTroparion\, Tone 7: You were transfigured on the mount\, O Christ G od\,* showing Your glory to Your disciples as much as they could bear.* Ma ke Your eternal light shine* also on us who are sinners\,* through the pra yers of the Mother of God\,* O Giver of Light\, glory to You!\n\nTroparion \, Tone 3: Holy apostle Matthias\, intercede with the all-merciful God* to grant to our souls forgiveness of sins.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: You rose f rom the tomb\, O almighty Saviour\;* and Hades\, seeing this wonder\, was stricken with fear\; and the dead arose.* Creation saw and rejoices with Y ou\, and Adam exults.* And the world\, my Saviour\, sings Your praises for ever.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\ nKontakion\, Tone 4: Your radiant message\,* O wondrous apostle Matthias\, * has shone like the sun throughout the world* enlightening the Church of the nations with grace.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 7: You were transfigured on the mount\, O Christ God\,* and Your dis ciples saw Your glory as much as they could\;* that when they saw You cruc ified* they might know that You suffered willingly*\, and might proclaim t o the world* that You are truly the brightness of the Father.\n\nProkeimen on\, Tone 2\n\nThe Lord is my strength and my song of praise\, and He has become my salvation.\n\nverse: The Lord has indeed chastised me\, but He h as not delivered me to death. (Psalm 117:14\,18)\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 8\n \nTheir utterance has gone forth into all the earth\, and their words unto the ends of the world. (Psalm 18:5)\n\nEpistle\n\n1 Corinthians 9:2-12\; Acts 1:12-17\, 21-26\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: The Lord will hear you in the day of tribulation\; the name of the God of Jacob will shield you. \n\nverse: Lord\, grant victory to the king and hear us in the day that we shall call upon You. (Psalm 19:2\,10)\n\nverse: The heavens shall confess our wonders\, O Lord\, and Your truth in the church of the saints.\n\nGos pel\n\nMatthew 18:23-35\; Luke 9:1-6\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nO my soul \, magnify the Lord transfigured on the mountain.\n\nAnd the Irmos\, Tone 4: Your giving birth was revealed as incorrupt\; for it was God who came f orth from your womb\; He appeared on earth in the flesh\, and made His dwe lling among us. Thus\, O Mother of God\, all of us magnify you.\n\nCommuni on Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Him in the highest.* Their utterance has gone forth into all the earth\,* and their words unto the ends of the world.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Winnipeg X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR