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:531@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260726 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260727 DTSTAMP:20260713T185951Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/sunday-july-26-2026-ninth-sunday -after-pentecost-octoechos-tone-8the-holy-hieromartyr-hermolaus-and-those- with-him-the-holy-venerable-woman-martyr-parasceve/ SUMMARY:Sunday\, July 26\, 2026\; Ninth Sunday after Pentecost\; Octoechos Tone 8\;The Holy Hieromartyr Hermolaus and those with him\; The Holy Vener able Woman-Martyr Parasceve DESCRIPTION:GREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\n“Ble ssed is the man...” is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\n\nLead my soul f orth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nO Christ\, durin g this spiritual service\,* we sing to You these evening prayers\,* commem orating the mercy You have shown us* by Your resurrection.\n\nThe just sha ll gather around me* when You have been good to me.\n\nO Lord\, O Lord\, d o not cast us away from Your face\;* but in Your kindness have mercy on us * through Your resurrection.\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nRejoice\, O holy Sion\,* the Mother of Churche s and the dwelling-place of God\;* for you were the first to receive the f orgiveness of sins* through the resurrection.\n\nLet Your ears be attentiv e* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nChrist the Word was begotten by God the F ather before all ages\;* yet in these latter times\,* He freely willed to take flesh from the Virgin who did not know man.* By His death on the cros s and His resurrection\,* He saved mankind from the ancient curse of death .\n\nTone 8\, Podoben “O all-glorious wonder…”\n\nIf You mark iniqui ties\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nMartyr and athlete\, Hermolaus\,* once you hid yourself in fea r from the evil ones.* You rejoiced to reveal the hidden mystery of devoti on and understanding* to the passion-bearer Panteleimon.* Then you reveale d yourself and zealously died for Christ* who was well-pleased to suffer f or us in his goodness.\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\nMartyr and athlete\, Hermolaus\,* you desired a holy life in sanctity.* You became a bishop of the almighty Jesus\,* and by your life-bearing ser mons and grace* you saved the people from the darkness of impurity.* You h ave passed over to the heavens\, washed in the blood of your suffering\,* blessed one of God!\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trus t in the Lord.\n\nLet us praise in faith with holy words the martyrs of th e Lord\,* Hermippus\, Hermolaus and Hermocrates!* They suffered in a wonde rful way\, killing the evil one* and washing themselves in the water of ba ptism!* They were not defiled again with other impurities.* Therefore let us keep the feast* and celebrate their memory!\n\nTone 4\n\nFor with the L ord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nRome presents you as a gar den of sweet-smelling flowers\,* greatly-suffering Parasceve\,* perfuming the thoughts of the faithful* with the fragrance of your virtues\,* ever d ispelling the stench of the passions with grace!* You are the beauty of ma rtyrs\, glorious one\,* the boast of virtues and a sea of miracles!\n\nPra ise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\n Greatly suffering Parasceve\,* you have been given to all by Christ our Go d as a priceless treasure!* You suffered in Rome and remained there.* Glor ious martyr\, by your assistance\, * you drive the wickedness of demons fr om men!* Therefore today we all bless you and praise your holy sufferings. \n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endu re.\n\nPreserved by the power of Christ\, most glorious Parasceve\,* you i gnored the pain of your body.* You entered upon your struggle with a coura geous intention\,* paying no heed to your feminine weakness!* Strengthened by hope\, together with those who came before you\,* you have received il lumination!\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nO most glorious Parasceve\, victorious virgin martyr\,* through your mediations before God\,* pray that\, those who celebrate your suffering as is meet* may be delivered from temptations \, and tribulations* and the judgment which is to come\,* O most hymned ma rtyr.\n\nTone 8\, Now...\n\nOut of his love for mankind* the King of heave n appeared on earth and dwelt with men\,* for He assumed a human body from the pure Virgin* and was seen in the flesh He received from her.* He is t he One and only God* having two natures but not two persons.* Wherefore we profess and declare the truth* that Christ our God is perfect God and per fect Man.* O Mother\, who knew not carnal union\,* intercede with Him that He may have mercy on our souls.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 8\n\nO Jesus\, You d escended from heaven* so that You might ascend the cross.* O immortal Life \, You came to die.* You are the true light to those who live in darkness\ ,* and You are the resurrection of the fallen.* Therefore\, O Saviour of a ll\, we glorify You.\n\nThe Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majesty. * Robe d is the Lord\, and girt about with strength.\n\nLet us glorify Christ\, t he Saviour of our Souls* who arose from the dead.* For He took upon himsel f a soul and a body\,* and during His passion He separated the one from th e other.* His pure soul went down to conquer Hades\,* while His holy body lay uncorrupted in the grave.\n\nFor He has made the world firm. * which s hall not be moved.\n\nO Christ\, we glorify Your resurrection with psalms and hymns.* For by Your victory over death* You delivered us from the suff erings of Hades\,* and as God You granted us eternal life and great mercy. \n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\, * for length of days.\n\nO Lord of all\, Creator of heaven and earth\,* You are above all understanding.* Through Your passion on the cross* You freed us from the sufferings of Had es.* And\, after condescending to be buried\, You arose in glory\;* and wi th Your mighty arm You also raised up Adam.* O most merciful Lord\, we glo rify You\;* for by Your resurrection on the third day* You granted us remi ssion of sins and eternal life.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin\, You have never known wedlock\,* Yet You conceived God in the flesh* in a manner whi ch words can never describe.* You thus became the Mother of God on high.* O Immaculate Lady\, receive the supplication of your servants* and grant u s the cleansing of our sins.* Accept now our prayers and beseech God to sa ve all of us.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 8\n\nYou came down from on high\, O Merc iful One\,* and accepted three days of burial* to free us from our sufferi ngs.* O Lord\, our life and our resurrection\,* glory be to You.\n\nGlory … \n\nO Lord our God\, Your holy martyrs* have deserved the crown of imm ortality* on account of their good fight.* Armed with Your strength\, they have vanquished their persecutors* and crushed Satan’s dreadful might.* Through their supplications\, O Christ our God\, save our souls.\n\nNow …\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 to ok on our human nature* and united it to His divine nature in a perfect bu t unconfused union.* Then\, He willingly accepted the cross for our sake* and thereby raised again the first created\,* and saved our souls from dea th.\n\n \;\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHex apsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Tone 8\n\nTroparia\, Tone 8\n\nYo u came down from on high\, O Merciful One\,* and accepted three days of bu rial* to free us from our sufferings.* O Lord\, our life and our resurrect ion\,* glory be to You.\n\nTone 4\n\nO Lord our God\, Your holy martyrs* h ave deserved the crown of immortality* on account of their good fight.* Ar med with Your strength\, they have vanquished their persecutors* and crush ed Satan’s dreadful might.* Through their supplications\, O Christ our G od\, save our souls.\n\nTone 3\, Glory… \n\nYour personal pledge is like a marriage\, for you promised your fidelity to the one faith\,* and you i nherited life\, O Parasceve\, the martyr named for Christ.* From your heri tage you bestow health\,* and you pray for the salvation of our souls.\n\n Now…\n\nWe sing your praises\, O Virgin\,* for\, as the Mother of God\, you always intercede for the salvation of the human race.* It is from you that our God and your Son took flesh.* Then\, by suffering the passion on the cross\,* and out of love for mankind\, He delivered us from corruption .\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalms 9\, 10\nStasis II: Psalms 11\, 12 \, 13\nStasis III: Psalms 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 8\n\nYou the Life of all\, did rise from the dead\,* and an Angel of light cried out to the women saying:* Cease your tears. Bring the good ti dings unto the Apostles.* Cry aloud in hymns that Christ the Lord has aris en* who as God was well-pleased to save mankind.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\ , let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\n When You were indeed risen from the tomb* You commanded the holy women to announce the Resurrection to the Apostles\, as it is written\;* and Peter\ , having arrived quickly\, stood by the grave* and seeing the light in the tomb was frightened\,* observing the grave clothes lying therein\, withou t the divine body\,* and believing he cried aloud:* Glory be to You O Chri st God our Saviour\, who has saved us all\,* for You are the radiant splen dour of the Father.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nLet us hymn the heavenly gate an d ark\,* the all-holy mountain\, the cloud of light\, the heavenly ladder\ ,* the spiritual Paradise\, the redemption of Eve\,* the great treasure of the world\;* because salvation for the world and forgiveness of ancient o ffences were wrought in her.* Therefore\, we cry to her:* Intercede with y our own Son and God to grant forgiveness of offences* to those who devoutl y worship your most holy Offspring.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStasis III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSma ll Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 8\n\nMortals have sealed Your tomb\, O Saviour* and an Angel has rolled away the stone from the door.* Women saw You risen from the dead\,* and announced the good tidings to Your Disciple s in Sion:* The life of all has risen and the bonds of death are loosed.* O Lord\, glory be to You.\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole h eart\,* I will tell of all Your wonders.\n\nThe women having brought sweet -smelling burial spices* heard an Angel’s voice coming from the tomb:* C ease your tears and bring joy instead of sorrow.* Wherefore cry aloud in h ymns that Christ the Lord is risen\,* who as God was well-pleased to save the race of mankind.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nIn you\, O Full of grace\, does all creation rejoice\,* the ranks of Angels and the race of mankind\;* O all-hallowed Temple and spiritual Paradise\, boast of Virgins.* For from y ou God became incarnate* and He who is our God before the ages became a ch ild.* He has made your womb a throne and rendered it wider than the heaven s.* In you\, O Full of grace\, does all creation rejoice\;* glory be to yo u.\n\nPolyeleos\n\nEvlogitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 8\n\nThe myrrh-bearing women standing at the tomb of the Giver of life* seeking the immortal Master among the dead\;* and having received the glad tidings of joy from the Angel* announced to the Apostles that Christ the Lord is ris en\,* granting the world great mercy.\n\nHymn of Ascent\, Tone 8\n\nAntiph on 1\n\nFrom my youth the enemy tempts me\, enflaming me with the desire f or pleasures\;* but placing my trust in You O Lord\, I put him to flight.\ n\nLet those that hate Sion\,* become like grass before it is tilled\;* fo r Christ severs their necks with the sharp blade of torments.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit all things have life\;* Light from Light\, em inent God:* we hymn Him* together with the Father and the Word.\n\nAntipho n 2\n\nLet my humble heart be sheltered by the fear of You\;* lest it fall away from You by being conceited\,* O exceedingly compassionate One.\n\nH e who has his hope in the Lord* will not be afraid when the Lord judges al l things* with fire and torment.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nEveryone inspired b y the Holy Spirit sees all and foretells\,* working the greatest wonders\, singing of one God in three Hypostases\;* for though the Divinity radiate s with triune light\,* it rules as one.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nI have cried to Y ou\, O Lord\, hearken to me\,* bend Your ear to my supplications when I cr y to You\,* and cleanse me before taking me from this life.\n\nEach and ev ery one who returns to mother earth* will depart to receive torments or re wards* in reward for their life’s actions.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nContemp lation of God by the Holy Spirit is of a thrice-holy unity\;* for the Fath er is beginningless\, from Whom the Son was begotten before time\,* and th e Spirit equal in essence and majesty\,* blazes forth equally from the Fat her.\n\nAntiphon 4\n\nBehold\, what is so good\, what is so pleasant* as t o see brothers dwelling together?* For by this the Lord has promised etern al life.\n\nThe One who adorns the lilies of the field* commands us to be unconcerned* over temporal things.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spiri t\,* by one single cause all things gain the reward of peace\;* for He is God perfectly consubstantial* with both the Father and the Son.\n\nProkeim enon\, Tone 8\n\nThe Lord will reign forever\, Sion’s God\, from age to age.\n\nverse: My soul\, give praise to the Lord\; I will praise the Lord all my days.\n\nLet everything that lives\, Tone 8\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 20:19 -31\n\nHymn of Resurrection\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\, Tone 8\n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: When the wonder-working rod o f Moses* smote the sea with the sign of the cross and divided it\,* Pharao h the charioteer it overthrew in the deep\,* but fugitive Israel\, fleeing on foot\, it saved\,* and he raised a glad shout* of praise to God.\n\nGl ory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHow should we not wonder at the mighty power of Christ’s divinity? Freedom from passions and incorrupti on to all the faithful flow from his Passion\; drop by drop from his holy side a deathless fountain falls\; and from the grave comes life unending.\ n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHow beautiful the angel no w reveals himself to the women! Bearing the signs of innate and immaterial purity\, and in his far-shining form revealing the splendour of the resur rection\, he cries: the Lord is risen.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n \nGlorious things are spoken of you\, O Virgin Mother of God\, from genera tion to generation\, for\, remaining undefiled\, you found room in your wo mb for God the Word. Therefore\, we honour you as our protector after God. \n\nKatavasia: I shall open my mouth\, * and be filled with the Spirit\, * and utter discourse to the Queen and Mother\; * and be seen radiantly kee ping festival\, * joyfully praising her wonders.\n\n \;\n\nOde 3\n\nIr mos: In the beginning\, O Christ\, you established the heavens in understa nding\,* and founded the earth upon the waters:* establish me upon the roc k of your commandments\,* for none is holy but you\, only Lover of man.\n\ nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe saving suffering of your flesh\, O Christ\, justified Adam\, condemned by the taste of sin\; for a s the sinless one you were shown in the trial as owing no debt to death.\n \nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nJesus \, my God\, shed the light of his resurrection upon those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death\; and by his divinity he bound the strong man and seized all his goods.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nHigher than Cherubim and Sera phim you are declared to be\, Mother of God\, for you alone\, undefiled\, received within your womb the illimitable God. Therefore\, all the faithfu l ever sing to you and bless you.\n\nKatavasia: O Theotokos\, living and p lentiful fount\, * establish in spiritual fellowship those who sing hymns to you\, * and in your divine glory * grant them crowns of glory.\n\n \n\ nOde 4\n\nIrmos: O Lord\, you are my strength and my might\, you are my Go d and my joy\;* without leaving the deep recesses of the Father\, you visi ted our poverty\;* so with Habakkuk the prophet\, I cry to you:* Glory to your power\, O Lover of man.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\ n\nMerciful Saviour\, you loved me much when I was at enmity with you\; in strange self-emptying you came to earth\, not rejecting the last recesses of my pride. While remaining still upon the heights of your ineffable glo ry\, you glorified me\, formerly so disgraced.\n\nGlory to your holy Resur rection\, O Lord.\n\nWho is not amazed\, O Lord\, at seeing death done awa y through sufferings\, corruption take flight through a cross\, Hell empti ed of its possessions through a death? This is the marvellous work of the divine sovereignty of you\, the Crucified One\, O Lover of man.\n\nMost ho ly Theotokos\, save us.\n\nBoast of the faithful\, Bride unwed\, you are t he protection and refuge of Christians\, city wall and harbour\; for you b ring our petitions to your Son and save from danger those who acknowledge you in faith and love as the pure Mother of God.\n\nKatavasia: He who sits in glory upon the throne of the Godhead\, * Jesus the true God\, * is com e in a swift cloud * and with His sinless hands he has saved those who cry : * Glory to Your power\, O Christ.\n\n \;\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: Why have you thrust me away from the never-setting light of your face\,* so that a lien darkness has covered me\, most wretched one?* Turn me back\, I beg yo u\, and direct my ways* to the light of your commandments.\n\nGlory to you r holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nBefore your Passion\, O Saviour\, you all owed yourself to be clothed in the robe of mockery\, thus covering the sha meful nakedness of man\; and to be nailed naked to the cross while putting off the garment of death.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\ nWhen you arose from the dust of death\, O Christ\, you built again my beg gared nature and rendered it immortal\, revealing once again the kingly im age\, radiant with the light of incorruption.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, sav e us.\n\nAs you possess a mother’s boldness before your Son\, All-pure\, do not refuse your far-seeing care for our race\, we pray you. For you al one\, as Christians\, we present to the Lord for gracious favour and propi tiation.\n\nKatavasia: All creation stands in awe of your divine glory\; * for you\, O Virgin who have not known wedlock\, * contained within your w omb the God of all\, * and gave birth to the timeless Son\, * bestowing pe ace\, upon all who hymn you.\n\n \;\n\nOde 6\n\nIrmos: Be merciful to me\, O Saviour\, for many are my transgressions\;* bring me up from the de pths of evil\, I pray you.* For I have cried out to you\,* hear me\, O God of my salvation.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nMightily \, through a tree\, the originating evil overthrew me\; uplifted on the cr oss\, O Christ\, you cast him down with a greater might\, putting him to s hame and raising me\, the fallen.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O L ord.\n\nRising from the tomb in compassion you took pity on Zion\, by your divine blood bringing about the new in place of the old\; and now you rei gn in her\, O Christ\, throughout the ages.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nMay we be rescued from all our grievous stumblings by your prayers\ , pure Mother of God\, and may we meet with the divine outshining of the S on of God\, ineffably made flesh of you.\n\nKatavasia: Prefiguring Your th ree-day burial * Prophet Jonah praying in the belly of the sea-monster cri ed aloud: * Deliver me from corruption * O Jesus\, the King of hosts.\n\nK ontakion\, Tone 8\n\nWhen You rose from the tomb\,* You also raised the de ad and resurrected Adam.* Eve exults in Your resurrection\,* and the ends of the world celebrate Your rising from the dead\,* O most merciful One.\n \nIkos\n\nMy Saviour\, long-suffering\, Giver of life\, you harrowed the k ingdom of Hell and raised the dead\; you met the women bringing the myrrh and for sorrow gave them joy\; to the apostles you made known the signs of victory\, and you shone upon your creation\, O Lover of man. The whole wo rld therefore rejoices together in your rising from the dead\, O you of ma ny mercies.\n\n \;\n\nOde 7\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: The fire in Babylon once was put to shame by the descent of God* and the youn g men danced in the furnace\,* with joy in their steps\, as in a grassy me adow\,* and sang: Blessed are you\, the God of our fathers.\n\nGlory to yo ur holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYour glorious abasement and the divine w ealth of your beggary\, O Christ\, struck the angels with amazement when t hey saw you nailed to the cross to save those who cry in faith to you: Ble ssed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nBy your divine descent the lowest depths were filled with light\, and the darkness and torment of former ages driven away. Then those in ag e-old bonds rose up and cried: Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\nGl ory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit\, the Lord\ n\nIn accordance with orthodox doctrine\, we proclaim you Lord of all\, on ly Father of the one\, only-begotten Son\, and we know the one true Spirit proceeding from you\, one with you in nature and co-eternal.\n\nKatavasia : Refusing to worship created things * in place of the Creator\, * the div inely wise youths bravely trampled down the threatening fire * and rejoici ng they sang aloud: * O supremely hymned Lord and God of our Fathers\, Ble ssed are You.\n\n Ode 8\n\nIrmos: The Chaldaean tyrant in fury kindled th e furnace sevenfold for those who feared God\;* then\, as he beheld them s aved alive by a mightier power than his\, their Creator and Redeemer himse lf\,* he cried: Bless him\, young men\, praise him\, O priests\,* highly e xalt him\, O people\, throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resur rection\, O Lord.\n\nThe power supremely divine of the Godhead of Jesus ha s shone out in these things: on the cross he tasted death in the flesh for all men\, and he brought to nothing the might of Hell. Bless him without ceasing\, young men\, praise him\, O priests\, highly exalt him\, O people \, throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n \nThe crucified one arose\, the boastful and vainglorious fell\, the falle n and the broken are restored\, corruption is banished\, incorruption has blossomed\, for death is swallowed up by life. Bless him\, young men\, pra ise him\, O priests\, highly exalt him\, O people\, throughout all the age s.\n\nGlory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit\, t he Lord\n\nGodhead of threefold light\, in single radiance shining from on e three-personed nature\, Begetter without beginning\, Word of the Father ’s nature and Spirit consubstantial\, co-reigning: bless him\, young men \, praise him\, O priests\, exalt him\, O people\, throughout all the ages .\n\nKatavasia: Hearken\, O pure Virgin Maiden\, * that Gabriel may tell y ou the true counsel of the Most High of old. * Make ready to receive the G odhead\; * for through you the Infinite One has come to dwell among men. * Therefore\, rejoicing\, I cry aloud: * Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord!\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: Heaven is amazed and the ends of the earth st ricken with fear* that your womb is become wider than the heavens\, and Go d is seen bodily by men.* Therefore\, O Mother of God* the ranks of angels and of men magnify you.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nW ord of God\, simple in your nature divine and unoriginate\, by giving exis tence to flesh and assuming it to yourself you became compound: suffering as a man you remained beyond suffering as God. Therefore\, we magnify you in the two natures\, indivisible and yet without confusion.\n\nGlory to yo ur holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Most High\, according to the divine es sence you are ever one with God as your Father\; but when you took the nat ure of man\, coming down to your servants and rising from the tomb\, you m ade him\, who is by nature God and Lord\, by grace Father of those born of the earth. You with him we magnify.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\n O Virgin Mother of God\, you are seen beyond nature bearing in the body th at good Word which the Father as the One Good uttered from his heart befor e all ages. And we understand him now as being beyond the body\, yet cloth ed with a body.\n\nKatavasia: In no way may the hand of the defiled * touc h the animate ark of God\; * and let the lips of the faithful * never-sile ntly cry out with joy to the Theotokos\, * chanting the words of the angel : * Rejoice\, O you who are full of grace! * The Lord is with thee!\n\nSma ll Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light\n\nThough the doors were lo cked\, O Lord\,* You entered and filled Your apostles with the Holy Spirit \,* and breathing over them\, You gave them Your peace.* You said to them: Whose sins you forgive\, they are forgiven\;* whose sins you bind\, they are bound.* After eight days You showed Thomas Your hands and Your side.* With them\, therefore\, we cry to You: You are my Lord and my God!\n\nGlor y… Now…\n\nWhen you beheld your Son and God * from the tomb resurrecte d * on the third day\, O Bride of God\, * all-holy Virgin Mary\, * you set aside all the anguish * you suffered as a mother * when you had seen Him suffering\, * and you with His disciples were filled with joy * and togeth er worshiped Him and extolled Him. * Hence save us all who now declare * y ou to be Theotokos.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 8\n\nTo c arry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this honour is for all His faithful.\ n\nO Lord\, though You stood before the judgment seat* being judged by Pil ate\,* yet You were seated with the Father* and were not absent from Your throne.* And risen from the dead You freed the world from slavery to the s tranger\,* as You are full of compassionate pity and love for mankind.\n\n Praise God in His holy place\, praise Him in His mighty heavens.\n\nO Lord \, the Jews laid You as a corpse in a grave\,* and soldiers guarded You as a sleeping king* sealing You with a seal as if a treasury of life\;* but You arose* and grant incorruption to our souls.\n\nPraise Him for His powe rful deeds\,* praise His surpassing greatness.\n\nO Lord\, You have given us Your Cross as a weapon against the devil\;* for he quakes and trembles\ , unable to contemplate Your power\;* for raised the dead and abolished de ath:* wherefore we worship Your Burial and Your Rising.\n\nO praise Him wi th sound of trumpet\,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nYour Angel\, O L ord\, having proclaimed Your Resurrection\,* filled the guards with fear\, * but he cried to the women saying: Why do you seek the living among the d ead?* Being God He is risen* granting life to the whole world.’\n\nPrais e Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and pipes.\n\nYou endured the Cross\, O You who are impassible in Your Divinity\,* to free u s from slavery to the enemy* and You accepted burial for three days\, maki ng us immortal\,* and granting life unto us through Your Resurrection\,* O Christ God\, Lover of mankind.\n\nO praise Him with resounding cymbals\, praise Him with clashing of cymbals.* Let everything that lives and that b reathes give praise to the Lord.\n\nO Christ\, I worship\, I glorify\, and I praise Your Resurrection from the tomb\,* through which You delivered u s from the unbreakable bonds of Hades* and as God granted the world eterna l life and great mercy.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifte d up\, * forget not Your poor ones to the end. \n\nThe Lawless men\, watch ing over Your grave* which had received life\, sealed it\;* but You\, as t he immortal and all-powerful God\,* arose on the third day.\n\nI will conf ess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell all Your wonders.\n\ nWhen You entered the gates of Hades\, O Lord\, and shattered them\,* the prisoners therein cried aloud:* Who is this? for He has not been condemned to the lowest parts of the earth\,* but has torn down the prisons of deat h as if a tent\,* we received Him as One mortal\, and we tremble before Hi m as God.* O All-powerful Saviour have mercy on us.\n\nTone 5\, Glory…\n \nIn the latter times\,* it was evening on the first day of the week\,* Yo u came and stood among Your friends\, O Christ.* And by the miracle of You r entrance through the closed doors* You verified the miracle of Your resu rrection from the dead.* And You filled the Disciples with joy\,* and tran smitted to them the Holy Spirit\,* and gave them the authority over forgiv eness of sins.* And You did not abandon Thomas to drown beneath the waves of disbelief.* And therefore also grant to us true knowl­edge* and forgiv eness of transgressions\,* O compassionate Lord.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly most blessed\, O virgin Mother of God.* Through the One who was incarnate of you\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wiped ou t\,* Eve set free\, Death put to death\,* and we ourselves were brought ba ck to life.* That is why we cry out in praise\;* Blessed are You\, O Chris t 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 eternal bonds of Hades\, O Lord.* You broke the cu rse of Death* and thus delivered us from the snares of the Evil One.* Then You appeared to your apostles and sent them forth to preach\,* and throug h them You have bestowed your peace upon all the world\,* for You alone ar e rich in mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Di smissal\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\ nTroparion\, Tone 8: You came down from on high\, O Merciful One\,* and ac cepted three days of burial* to free us from our sufferings.* O Lord\, our life and our resurrection\,* glory be to You.\n\nGlory be to the Father a nd to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: When You rose from the tomb\,* You also raised the dead and resurrected Adam.* Eve exul ts in Your resurrection\,* and the ends of the world celebrate Your rising from the dead\,* O most merciful One.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen. \n\nTheotokion\, Tone 8: To you\, O Mother of God\,* the invincible leader \,* we\, your servants\, ascribe these victory hymns* in thanksgiving for our deliverance from evil.* With your invincible power free us from all da ngers* that we may cry out to you:* “Hail\, O bride\, and pure Virgin! ”\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 8\n\nPray and give praise to the Lord our God.\n \nverse: In Judea God is known\; His name is great in Israel. (Psalm 75:12 \,2)\n\nEpistle\n\n1 Corinthians 3:9-17\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: Com e\, let us rejoice in the Lord\; let us acclaim God our Saviour.\n\nverse: Let us come before His countenance with praise and acclaim Him with psalm s. (Psalm 94:1\,2)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 14:22-34\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPrai se the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Him in the highest (Psalm 148:1).* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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