BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.7.4.1//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:511@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260705 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260706 DTSTAMP:20260703T202409Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/sunday-july-5-2026-sixth-sunday- after-pentecost-octoechos-tone-5-our-venerable-father-athanasius-of-athos/ SUMMARY:Sunday\, July 5\, 2026\; Sixth Sunday after Pentecost\; Octoechos T one 5\; Our Venerable Father Athanasius of Athos. DESCRIPTION: Polyeleos Feast. Resurrectional Gospel 6\n\nGREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nBlessed is the man... is sung.\n\n At Psalm 140\n\nTone 5\n\nLead my soul forth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nWith Your precious cross\, O Christ\,* You have pu t the Devil to shame.* With Your resurrection You have deadened the sting of sin\,* and have saved us from the gates of death.* We\, therefore\, glo rify You\, O only-begotten Son of God.\n\nThe just shall gather around me* when You have been good to me.\n\nO Christ\, who granted resurrection to mankind\,* You were led like a lamb to the slaughter.* Then the princes of Hades were struck with terror* as they saw the gates of their tearful dom ain being lifted up\;* for Christ\, the King of Glory\, entered therein* a nd exclaimed to those in chains: Go forth from here!* And to those in dark ness: Go forth into the light!\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\ ;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nWhat a great wonder!* The Creator of invisib le beings suffered in the flesh for mankind\,* and rose from the dead as i mmortal.* Come\, therefore\, all you nations and adore Him\;* for through His compassion we have been freed from the snares of the Devil\,* and we h ave learned to praise the one God in three Persons.\n\nLet Your ears be at tentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nWe offer to You our evening worship \,* O Light whom the darkness of night can never extinguish.* For in these latter days Your radiance has appeared to the world\,* shining in Your fl esh as light reflected from a mirror.* Your brilliance has descended even to the depths of Hades and dissolved its gloom.* O Lord\, Giver of Light\, glory to You\;* for You have shown the radiance of Your resurrection to a ll the nations.\n\nTone 2\, Podoben “With what crowns of praise…\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nWhat praises are worthy of you\, O Athanasius? * Your virtues are your true adornment\,* and you were filled with grace b y the light flowing from God.* You are a sword cutting down the rebellious passions\,* a radiant pillar of divine contemplation\,* a flame of abstin ence enkindling on the lampstand of your soul* the divine precepts of the One who gives life to all mankind!\n\nI have waited for You as You have co mmanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted i n the Lord.\n\nWhat praises are worthy of you\, O Athanasius?* Your virtue s are your true adornment\,* and you were filled with grace by the light f lowing from God.* You are a sword cutting down the rebellious passions\,* a radiant pillar of divine contemplation\,* a flame of abstinence enkindli ng on the lampstand of your soul* the divine precepts of the One who gives life to all mankind!\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel tr ust in the Lord.\n\nWith what praises can we worthily crown you\, O Athana sius? * You are an eagle soaring on the wind\,* carried like a heavenly be ing on the wings of divine contemplation.* You are a stronghold of humilit y\,* and an unshakable rampart of discernment\,* truly majestic in your no bility of soul\,* an intercessor before Christ our God* that He protect yo ur spiritual children in His compassion.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mer cy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Isr ael from all its iniquities.\n\nWith what praises can we worthily crown yo u\, O Athanasius? * You are an eagle soaring on the wind\,* carried like a heavenly being on the wings of divine contemplation.* You are a stronghol d of humility\,* and an unshakable rampart of discernment\,* truly majesti c in your nobility of soul\,* an intercessor before Christ our God* that H e protect your spiritual children in His compassion.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nBy the radiance of your gifts\, you are like a morning star\,* guiding those who are blin ded by the passions* toward the never setting Light\, O father Athanasius\ , wise in God.* Since you increased the talent entrusted to you\,* Christ made you a physician of souls:* able to lance festering wounds with the sc alpel of your words\,* you restore health to the faithful who have recours e to you.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His t ruth endure.\n\nBy the radiance of your gifts\, you are like a morning sta r\,* guiding those who are blinded by the passions* toward the never setti ng Light\, O father Athanasius\, wise in God.* Since you increased the tal ent entrusted to you\,* Christ made you a physician of souls:* able to lan ce festering wounds with the scalpel of your words\,* you restore health t o the faithful who have recourse to you.\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nYour life was filled with the grace of God\, O father Athanasius\,* and your passin g was truly holy.* Today\, the whole community of the Holy Mountain assemb les.* Seeing you lifeless upon your bed\, it cries aloud in tears:* Grant one last word to your servants.* Tell us: how can you leave your sons\,* w hom you have loved as a compassionate father?* Although the tomb will cove r you on earth\,* we who wholeheartedly venerate you will have you in heav en* as a protector and intercessor before Christ our God!\n\nTone 5\, Now …\n\nA symbol of the undefiled Virgin and bride* was revealed in the Red Sea.* There\, Moses divided the waters\;* here\, Gabriel is the messenger of the miracle.* There\, the Israelites crossed the deep and their feet w ere not even wet\;* here\, the Virgin gives birth to Christ without human seed.* There\, the sea remained uncrossed after the passing of Israel\;* h ere\, the immaculate remained incorrupt after giving birth to Emmanuel.* T herefore\, O immortal God\, who appeared in the flesh as true Man\,* have mercy on us!\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 6\n\nThe Lord reigns\,* He is clothed i n majesty.\n\nverse: Robed is the Lord and girt about with strength.\n\nve rse: 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\nAposticha\n\n Tone 5\n\nO Christ our Saviour\,* we lift up our voices in song to glorify You.* For\, in Your love for mankind\,* You became incarnate without leav ing heaven\;* You accepted the cross and death\;* You cast down the gates of Hades\;* and on the third day You arose from the dead* for the salvatio n of our souls.\n\nThe Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is th e Lord\, and girt about with strength.\n\nO Giver of Life\,* streams of fo rgiveness\, life\, and salvation* poured forth from Your pierced side upon us all.* By accepting physical death\, You granted us immortality\;* by l ying in the tomb\, You freed us from Hades\,* and as God\, by rising from the dead\,* You raised us with Yourself in glory.* Therefore\, we cry out to You:* O Lover of mankind\, glory to You!\n\nFor He has made the world f irm\, which shall not be moved.\n\nO Lover of mankind\,* Your crucifixion and descent into Hades are most wondrous.* For\, as God\, You thereby conq uered the power of Hades\,* and raised up in glory\, with Yourself\, those who were long imprisoned there.* You reopened Paradise and enabled them t o enter.* Grant forgiveness of sins to us* who glorify Your resurrection o n the third day\,* for You alone are all-merciful.\n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\, for length of days.\n\nO Lover of mankind\,* You accepte d suffering in the flesh* and rose from the dead on the third day.* Theref ore\, heal the passions of our flesh\,* raise us from our dreadful iniquit ies\, and save us.\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nHe is the jewel of the holy fat hers\, the glory of Christian ascetics\,* the fountain of divine miracles\ , our fervent intercessor before God.* Come\, O feast-lovers\, let us sing him our praises and say:* Hail\, emblem and rule of monastic life\,* and its most precise model!* Hail\, O flaming torch\, illumining the earth wit h your virtues!* Hail\, consolation of the afflicted and fervent protector of the wretched!* You never cease to intercede before Christ our God\, O Athanasius\,* on behalf of your fold and for all the faithful* who venerat e your sacred dormition.\n\nNow…\n\nChrist the Lord\, our Creator and Re deemer\,* came forth from your womb\, O most pure Virgin.* He clothed Hims elf in our human flesh* to set us free from the original curse of Adam.* T herefore\, O Mary\, we praise you\, without ceasing\,* as the true Virgin Mother of God\,* and we sing with the angels:* Rejoice\, O Lady\, advocate \, protector\, and salvation of our souls.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 5\n\nLet us the faithful acclaim and worship the Word\,* co-eternal with the Father a nd the Spirit\,* and born of the Virgin for our salvation.* For He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh\, to suffer death* and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.\n\nTone 3\, Glory... \n\nO Athanasi us ever glorious\,* the ranks of angels marvelled at your life in the fles h* for you with your body engaged the unseen foe\,* and wounded the legion s of demons.* For this Christ rewarded you with lavish gifts.* Therefore\, pray\, O Father\, that our souls be saved.\n\nNow...\n\nWe sing your prai ses\, O Virgin\;* for\, as the Mother of God\, you always intercede for th e salvation of the human race.* It is from you that our God and your Son t ook flesh. * Then\, by suffering the passion on the Cross\,* and out of lo ve for mankind\, He delivered us from corruption.\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDA Y MORNING\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\ , Tone 5\n\nTroparia\, Tone 5\n\nLet us the faithful acclaim and worship t he Word\,* co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit\,* and born of the Vi rgin for our salvation.* For He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh\, to suffer death* and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrecti on. (2)\n\nTone 3\, Glory... \n\nO Athanasius ever glorious\,* the ranks o f angels marvelled at your life in the flesh* for you with your body engag ed the unseen foe\,* and wounded the legions of demons.* For this Christ r ewarded you with lavish gifts.* Therefore\, pray\, O Father\, that our sou ls be saved.\n\nNow...\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 sufferin g the passion on the Cross\,* and out of love for mankind\, He delivered u s from corruption.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalms 9\, 10\nStasis I I: Psalms 11\, 12\, 13\nStasis III: Psalms 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall Litany\n\ nSessional Hymn I\, Tone 5\n\nLet us celebrate the Cross of the Lord\,* le t us honour His holy Burial with hymns\,* and let us exulting\, glorify Hi s Resurrection.* For with Himself He has raised the dead from their graves \,* and as God having despoiled the dominion of death* and the might of th e devil\,* He has shone forth light upon those in Hades.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on high\; forget not Your poor to the e nd.\n\nO Lord\, You who put death to death\, was called dead\;* You who ha ve emptied the tombs was placed in a tomb\;* above\, the soldiers stood gu arding the grave\,* below\, You raised the dead from all ages.* O Lord\, A ll-powerful and Incomprehensible\,* glory be to You!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\ nRejoice holy mountain upon which God has walked\;* Rejoice! living bush u nconsumed by fire\;* Rejoice! O only bridge of creation to God\, who leads mortals to eternal life\;* Rejoice! Maiden undefiled\, who has born witho ut wedlock* the salvation of our souls.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Ps alm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStasis III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\ nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn II\, Tone 5\n\nO Lord\, after Your Resurre ction on the third day\,* and after the worship of the Apostles\, Peter cr ied to You\;* The women had courage\, and I was afraid\;* the Thief confes sed You as God\, and I denied You:* will You no longer call me a disciple\ ,* or will You once again declare me a fisher of the deep?* Receive me in my penitence\, O God\, and save me!’\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, wi th my whole heart\, I will tell of all You wonders.\n\nO Merciful Lord\, t he lawless Ones nailed You between two condemned thieves* and pierced Your side with a lance\,* but You\, who destroyed the gates of Hades\,* suffer ed burial and arose on the third day\;* The women ran to see You and annou nced the Resurrection to Your Apostles.* O supremely exalted Saviour whom the Angels hymn\,* O blessed Lord\, glory be to You.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\ nThe Bride who knew not wedlock\, the Birthgiver of God\,* who turned Eve ’s grief to joy\,* we the faithful hymn and worship\,* for you have rede emed us from the ancient curse.* And now\, O All-hymned most holy one\,* c ease not to make intercession for the salvation of our souls.\n\nPolyeleos \n\nEvoglitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 5\n\nThe Myrrh-bearing w omen\, amazed in their minds by the vision of the Angel* yet enlightened i n their souls by the divine Resurrection\,* announced the glad tidings to the Apostles:* Proclaim among the nations the Resurrection of the Lord\,* who works in us through wonders\,* and who grants us great mercy.\n\nGradu al Hymns\, Tone 5\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nWhen I am troubled I sing to You like D avid\,* O my Saviour:* Deliver my soul from a deceitful tongue.\n\nBlessed is the life of those* who dwell in the desert places\,* Divine love gives them wings.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit all things are unsha ken\,* both visible and invisible\;* for He has sovereign power\,* being u ndeniably one of the Trinity.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\nLift up yourself to the mou ntains\,* O my soul\;* go to that place from whence comes our help.\n\nLet Your right hand hover over me\,* O Christ\,* and guard me from every misf ortune.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nLet us sing to the Holy Spirit\, as we conte mplate God:* You are God\, life\, love\, light\, and intellect\,* You are goodness\,* and You reign to the ages.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nFilled with great joy at the words of those who say to me:* “Let us go into the courts of the Lord\,”* I offer up my prayers.\n\nFearful things are accomplished i n the house of David\;* for a fire is found there\,* burning every shamefu l thought.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTo the Holy Spirit belongs the lordship o f life\,* for from Him every living being hath its breath\,* as also from the Father* together with the Son.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 5\n\nArise\, O Lo rd my God\, lift up Your hand*\, for You shall reign forever.\n\nverse: I will confess to You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\, I will recount all Yo ur marvellous works.\n\nLet everything that lives\, Tone 5\n\nGospel\n\nLu ke 24:36-53\n\nHymn of Resurrection\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nC anon\, Tone 5\n\nOde 1\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Christ\, who breaks the battles\,* with uplifted arm shook horse and rider into the Re d Sea\,* but Israel he saved\,* singing a song of victory.\n\nGlory to you r holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe congregation of the Hebrews preserved no mother’s love for you who gave them every good\; they crowned you wi th thorns\, O Christ\, you who had loosed from the punishing thorns the fi rst ancestor of man.\n\nGlory…\n\nGiver of life\, you bent down to the p it without danger of falling and raised me up who had fallen\; you bore wi th my evil-smelling corruption\, O Christ\, yourself untouched\, and made me fragrant with the sweet oil of the divine nature.\n\nNow…\n\nThe curs e is lifted\, sorrow has ceased\; O blessed one and full of grace\, you ha ve caused joy to spring up for the faithful for from you Christ has flower ed\, our blessing for ever.\n\nKatavasia: I shall open my mouth\, and be f illed with the Spirit\, * and utter discourse to the Queen and Mother\; * and be seen radiantly keeping festival\, * joyfully praising her wonders.\ n\n \;\n\nOde 3\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Your command fi xed firm the earth upon nothing* and sovereignty poised its vast bulk\;* m ake firm your Church on the immovable rock of your commandments\,* O Chris t\, alone good and Lover of man.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lo rd.\n\nThose who sucked honey from the rock brought you gall for your wond ers in the wilderness\, O Christ. Vinegar for manna the ungrateful sons of Israel gave you in exchange for your deeds of goodness.\n\nGlory…\n\nCo vered of old by a light-radiant cloud they laid life\, O Christ\, in the g rave: but\, you rose of your own power\, and you granted mystically to all the faithful the Spirit’s overshadowing shining from above.\n\nNow…\n \nMother of God\, virginally and without a mother’s pain you bore him\, the outshining of the untouched Father\; therefore\, since you conceived t he Word made flesh\, in true faith we proclaim you Bearer of God.\n\nKatav asia: O Theotokos\, living and plentiful fount\, * establish in spiritual fellowship those who sing hymns to you\, * and in your divine glory * gran t them crowns of glory.\n\n \;\n\nOde 4\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n \nIrmos: Habakkuk in prophecy\, O Christ\, apprehending your divine emptyi ng\, in trembling awe cried out to you: For the salvation of your people\, to make safe your anointed\, you have come.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurre ction\, O Lord.\n\nO Good One\, the most bitter streams of Meribah you swe etened by a tree\, and thus in sign prefigured your pure cross which slays the bitter taste of sin.\n\nGlory…\n\nYou accepted a cross for the tree of knowledge\, my Saviour\, gall for sweet food\, and for the corruption of death you shed the blood of God.\n\nNow…\n\nUntouched\, you conceived incorruptibly in your womb\; a Virgin\, guarded to bring forth God in the flesh\, you bore a child without pain and were virgin after the birth.\n\ nKatavasia: He who sits in glory upon the throne of the Godhead\, * Jesus the true God\, * is come in a swift cloud * and with His sinless hands he has saved those who cry: * Glory to Your power\, O Christ.\n\nOde 5\n\nCan on of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: To you\, clothed with light as a garment\ ,* early I rise and cry out.* Lighten my darkened soul\,* O Christ\, only compassionate.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nIn dishonou r and inglorious form\, of his own will the Lord of glory hung upon the cr oss\, and inconceivably thus procured for me divine glory.\n\nGlory…\n\n You have changed my clothing for the garment of incorruption\, O Christ\, for uncorrupted you tasted the corruption of death in the flesh\, and on t he third day rose from the tomb.\n\nNow…\n\nMother of God\, you set free our first father’s nature from the curse\, for without seed you gave bi rth to Christ our righteousness and redemption.\n\nKatavasia: All creation stands in awe of your divine glory\; * for you\, O Virgin who have not kn own wedlock\, * contained within your womb the God of all\, * and gave bir th to the timeless Son\, * bestowing peace\, upon all who hymn you.\n\nOde 6\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Lord Christ\, calm the soul-dest roying waves of the raging sea of passions* and\, O compassionate\, lead m e up from corruption.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nOur first ancestor fell into corruption\, Lord Christ\, tasting forbidden frui t\; and he was brought back to life by your Passion.\n\nGlory…\n\nYou\, the life\, came to Hell and to the corrupter became corruption\; thus\, Lo rd Christ\, through corruption you brought\, as fountain springing\, resur rection.\n\nNow…\n\nThe Virgin bore a child and after bearing still was pure\; holding him up in her arms who supports the whole creation she is t ruly Virgin Mother.\n\nKatavasia: Celebrating the divine and solemn feast * of the Mother of God * O divinely wise\, * let us come\, clapping our ha nds\, * and glorify God who was born of her.\n\n \;\n\nKontakion\, Ton e 5\n\nDown to Hell you have gone\, my Saviour\, and shivered its gates to atoms\, Almighty\; you have raised the dead with yourself as Creator\, cr ushed the sting of death\, O Christ\, and set Adam free from the curse\, L over of man. Therefore we all cry out to you: save us\, O Lord.\n\n \n\nI kos\n\nThe women heard the angel’s words\, shed their lamentations\, cha nged to gladness\, trembling\, saw the resurrection. And Christ drew near in greeting: Joy to you\, take courage\, I have overcome the world\, and s et the prisoners free. Run to the disciples and ay: I go before you into G alilee to pr claim the good news. Therefore we all cry out to you: Save us \, O Lord.\n\n \;\n\nOde 7\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: The Lord of the fathers\, most highly exalted\,* quenched the fire and rained his dew* on the young men in unison singing:* Blessed are you\, O God.\n\n Glory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nClothed with flesh as bait fo r the hook\, by your divine power you dragged the serpent down\, and broug ht back those who cried: Blessed are you\, O God.\n\nGlory…\n\nHe\, the unbounded\, who brought into being and knitted together the boundless imme nsities of earth\, in the flesh was concealed in the grave\; and we sing t o him: Blessed are you\, O God.\n\nNow…\n\nAll-holy\, you bore one perso n in two natures\, God has taken bodily form and we sing to him: Blessed a re you\, O God.\n\nKatavasia: Refusing to worship created things * in plac e of the Creator\, * the divinely wise youths bravely trampled down the th reatening fire * and rejoicing they sang aloud: * O supremely hymned Lord and God of our Fathers\,* Blessed are You.\n\nOde 8\n\nCanon of the Resurr ection\n\nIrmos: The young men in the furnace devised a chorus of all crea tion for you\, the Creator of all\,* and in song they proclaimed it:* All you his works\, sing to the Lord\,* and highly exalt him throughout all th e ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nAs if it were agai nst your will\, of that so longed for cup of your saving Passion you praye d that it might not be: two wills to two natures corresponding you bear\, O Christ\, throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory…\n\nAt your descent\, Creat or of all\, Hell the fool gave up all those who of old had been slain by d eceit\, and who now\, O Christ\, highly exalt you throughout all the ages. \n\nNow…\n\nO Virgin\, beyond thought\, in divine and human manner\, by the word you bore the Lord\, while remaining virgin\; we\, his creatures\, bless and highly exalt you throughout all the ages.\n\nKatavasia: The Off spring of the Theotokos * saved the holy children in the furnace. * He who was then prefigured has now been born on earth\, * and He gathers all cre ation to hymn you: * all you works praise the Lord * and supremely exalt H im throughout all ages.\n\nMagnificat\n\n \;\n\nOde 9\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Rejoice and sing\, Isaiah\,* the Virgin has conceiv ed and bears a son\, Emmanuel\,* God and man\, his name the Dayspring\;* w e magnify him and we call the Virgin blessed.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurr ection\, O Lord.\n\nFallen man\, Lord Christ\, you assumed\; wholly joined to him in a virginal womb\, sin alone excepted\, wholly you have freed hi m from corruption by your pure sufferings.\n\nGlory…\n\nYour pure and li fe-giving side\, Lord Christ\, was emptied of the blood which flowed from God\, and sacrifice to idols ceased\; and all we of the earth bring to you the sacrifice of praise.\n\nNow…\n\nNot God bodiless\, nor yet mere man \, the pure and honourable Maid bore to us\, but perfect man and perfect G od\, in very truth\; we magnify him\, together with the Father and the Spi rit.\n\nKatavasia: Let every mortal born on earth\, * radiant with light\, in spirit leap for joy\; * and let the host of the angelic powers * celeb rate and honour the holy feast of the Mother of God\, * and let them cry a loud: * Rejoice! O all-blessed Theotokos\, * pure Ever-Virgin.\n\nSmall Li tany\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light\n\nAfter Your resurrection from the grave\, O Saviour\, You revealed Your human nature as You stood in the midst of the disciples\; You ate with them and taught them the baptism of repentance. Then You ascended to You Father and promised to send the Para clete. Therefore\, O Lover of Mankind and God most high\, glory to Your ho ly resurrection!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe Author of all creation and the God of all took a human body from your pure womb\, O holy Virgin. He renew ed our nature which had been corrupt\, preserving Your virginity after bir th-giving as you were before. Therefore\, we all praise you in faith and e xclaim: Rejoice\, O Queen of the whole world!\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of th e Praises\, Tone 5\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this honour is for all His faithful.\n\nYou came forth from the grave\, O Lord\,  wh ich had been sealed by the transgressors of the law\,* just as You were bo rn of the Theotokos.* For the bodiless angels did not know how You were in carnate.* Likewise\, the guardian soldiers did not see the moment of your Resurrection\;* for these two marvels were concealed from the curious mind s* but were revealed to those who worshiped the mystery in faith.* Therefo re\, grant joy and great mercy to us who offer You praise.\n\nPraise God i n His holy place\, praise Him in His mighty heavens.\n\nO Lord\, You demol ished the gates of everlasting damnation\,* and You broke asunder the chai ns of the grave.* You rose from the tomb leaving your wrappings in the gra ve* in testimony of your three-day burial\;* and leaving the guards watchi ng at the tomb\,* You preceded your disciples into Galilee.* Great is your mercy\, O Lord whom the whole world cannot contain.* O Saviour\, have mer cy upon us.\n\nPraise Him for His powerful deeds\,* praise His surpassing greatness.\n\nO Lord\, who suffered for us\,* the women hastened to your t omb to behold You.* When they arrived\, they saw an angel sitting on the s tone of the grave.* He said to them: The Lord is risen!* Go and tell the d isciples that the Saviour of our souls is risen from the dead.\n\nO praise Him with sound of trumpet\,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nO Lord an d Saviour\,* You came into the midst of your disciples though the doors we re closed* just as You came out of the sealed tomb\,* showing the sufferin gs of the flesh which You accepted\;* for You submitted to suffering patie ntly since You are of the seed of David.* But since You are the Son of God \, You saved the world.* Great is your mercy\, O Lord whom the whole world cannot contain.* O Saviour\, have mercy on us.\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and pipes.\n\nO Lord\, the King of a ges and Creator of all\,* who accepted crucifixion and burial in the body for our sakes* to deliver us all from Hades\,* You are our God\, and besid es You we know no other.\n\nO praise Him with resounding cymbals\, praise Him with clashing of cymbals.* Let everything that lives and that breathes give praise to the Lord.\n\nO Lord God\, who shall proclaim your dazzling wonders?* Or who shall declare your divine mysteries?* For You were willi ngly Incarnate for our sakes\,* manifesting the might of your power.* By y our cross You opened paradise to the thief\;* by your death You crushed th e bars and bolts of Hades\;* and by your Resurrection You enriched all cre ation.* Therefore\, O compassionate One\, glory to You!\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the e nd.\n\nThe myrrh-bearing women reached your tomb early in the morning\,* s eeking to anoint You\, O immortal Word.* When they were instructed by the words of the angel\,* they turned back with joy* to tell the apostles clea rly that You had risen\, O Life of all\,* and had given the world forgiven ess and great mercy.\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\ ,* I will tell of all Your wonders.\n\nThe guards\, keeping watch over the God-bearing tomb\, said to the Pharisees:* Woe to your vain counsel\, for you sought to keep the boundless One.* You have laboured in vain\;* for y ou thought that you could hide the Resurrection of the crucified One\, *bu t you only showed it more clearly.* Woe to your foolish secret meeting.* W hy do you take counsel to hide what cannot be hidden?* it would be better that you listen to us* and choose to believe in that which happened.* An a ngel\, resplendent like lightning\,* descended from heaven and rolled away the stone\,* and from fear of him we were encompassed by death.* To the c ourageous myrrh-bearing women he said:* Do you not see the guards as dead\ , the seals broken\, and Hades emptied?* Why do you then seek as dead\,* H im who abolished the victory of Hades and broke the thorn of death?* Go qu ickly and tell the good news of the Resurrection to the apostles\, • and shout fearlessly\, saying:* in truth the Lord is risen\, the One who give s us great mercy.\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nSince You are the true peace of God for us\, O Christ\,* You gave Your peace to Your disciples after Your resurrection.* They were frightened when they thought that they were behol ding a spirit.* But You removed the anxiety of their hearts when You showe d them Your hands and feet\,* yet they were still in doubt.* But when You took food with them\, reminding them of Your preaching\,* You opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.* You made the eternal covenant with t hem\;* You blessed them and rose\, ascending into heaven. Therefore\, with them\, we worship You\;* O Lord\, glory to You!\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\nToday salvation has come to the world.* Let us sing to Him who is risen from the tomb\,* the Author of Life who has crushed Death by his death* and bestowed on us vict ory and great mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGrea t Dismissal\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontaki a\n\nTroparion\, Tone 5: Let us the faithful acclaim and worship the Word\ ,* co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit\,* and born of the Virgin for our salvation.* For He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh\, to suffer death* and to raise the dead by His glorious resurrection.\n\nT roparion\, Tone 3: O Athanasius ever glorious\,* the ranks of angels marve lled at your life in the flesh* for you with your body engaged the unseen foe\,* and wounded the legions of demons.* For this Christ rewarded you wi th lavish gifts.* Therefore\, pray\, O Father\, that our souls be saved.\n \nKontakion\, Tone 8: Your flock invokes you\, O God-inspired Father\,* as one graced with special insight into things unseen* and as a true herald* putting into practice the word that you taught.* Yield not in praying for your servants* that God would free them from every harm and attack.* For they cry out to you:* Rejoice\, O Father Athanasius.\n\nGlory be to the Fa ther and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 5: You\, m y Saviour\, descended to Hades\,* and as the Almighty\, You shattered its gates.* With Yourself You\, as the Creator\, raised the dead and shattered the sting of death\,* and delivered Adam from the curse\, O Lover of Mank ind.* And so we cry out: “Save us\, O Lord.”\n\nNow and for ever and e ver. Amen.\n\nTheotokion\, Tone 5: Rejoice\, O impassable door of the Lord !* Rejoice\, O rampart and protection of those who have recourse to you!* Rejoice\, O tranquil haven and Virgin\,* who gave birth in the flesh to yo ur Maker and God!* Fail not to intercede for those* who sing and worship t he Child you bore.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 5\n\nYou\, O Lord\, will guard us and will keep us* from this generation and for ever.\n\nverse: Save me\, O Lord\, for there is no longer left a just man. (Psalm 11:8\,2)\n\nProkei menon\, Tone 7\n\nPrecious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His ve nerable ones.\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 12:6-14\; Galatians 5:22-6:2\n\nAllelui a\, Tone 5\n\nverse: Your mercies\, O Lord\, I will sing for ever\; from g eneration to generation I will announce Your truth with my mouth.\n\nverse : For You have said: Mercy shall be built up for ever\; in the heavens You r truth shall be prepared. (Psalm 88:2\,3)\n\nverse: Blessed is the man wh o fears the Lord\; he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments.\n\nGo spel\n\nMatthew 9:1-8\; Luke 6:17-23\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Him in the highest.* The just man shall be in e verlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* 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