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SUMMARY:Sunday\, June 21\, 2026 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost\; Octoechos T
 one 3\; The Holy Martyr Julian of Tarsus.
DESCRIPTION:Apostle’s Fast\n\nGREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\nKathis
 ma Reading\n\nBlessed is the man... is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 3\n\n
 Lead my soul forth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nBy
  Your cross\, O Christ our Saviour\,* the power of Death has been vanquish
 ed* and the deceit of the devil has been destroyed.* Therefore\, mankind\,
  saved by faith\,* offers You hymns of praise forever.\n\nThe just shall g
 ather around me* when You have been good to me.\n\nO Lord\, all creation h
 as been enlightened by Your resurrection\,* and paradise has been reopened
 \;* therefore\, all creation extols You* and offers You hymns of praise fo
 rever.\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voic
 e!\n\nI glorify the power of the Father\, Son\, and Holy Spirit\;* and I p
 raise the dominion of the undivided Divinity\,* the consubstantial Trinity
 \,* who reigns forever and ever.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voi
 ce of my prayer.\n\nWe adore Your precious cross\, O Christ\,* and with hy
 mns of praise we glorify Your resurrection\;* for by Your wounds we have a
 ll been healed.\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But wit
 h You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nLet us sing the praises o
 f the Saviour\,* who was incarnate of the Virgin\;* for He was crucified f
 or our sake\,* and on the third day He arose from the dead\,* granting us 
 His great mercy.\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\nChr
 ist descended into Hades and announced to those confined there:* Take cour
 age\, for today I have conquered death.* I am the Resurrection\, the One w
 ho will set you free.* I shattered the gates of the realm of death.\n\nFro
 m the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nO Christ
  our God\, we unworthily stand in Your most pure temple\,* and offer to Yo
 u our evening hymns.* From the depths of our souls we cry out to You:* O L
 over of mankind\, who has enlightened the world* by Your resurrection on t
 he third day\,* deliver Your people from the hands of Your enemies.\n\nTon
 e 4\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful 
 redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nPerce
 iving you\, O blessed martyr Julian\, as a brilliant sun* illumining the f
 ullness of the world with noetic splendours\,* we celebrate your radiant a
 nd divine memory\,* and bow down before the shrine of your relics\,* drawi
 ng forth health for our souls.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* pro
 claim His glory\, all you people.\n\nBeaten\, wounded and grievously scour
 ged\,* imprisoned in a dungeon\, O blessed one\,* driven from place to pla
 ce\, caged with wild beasts\,* brought to the abyss and drowned in the sea
 \,* you received receive a blessed end\,* refusing to deny the Master of a
 ll\,* O glory of the martyrs\, who are most rich.\n\nStrong is the love of
  the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nCast up upon dry l
 and out of the bosom of the sea* by the action of the Spirit\,* you were s
 een by an honourable woman\,* who faithfully took you up\, O martyr Julian
 \,* and committed to burial your immaculate and much-suffering body\,* whi
 ch had vanquished the tyranny of the devil* through the workings of grace.
 \n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nHaving drawn forth the inexhaustible drink of the
  immaculate Faith\, O blessed one\,* you extinguished the worship of idols
 \,* and victoriously passed through the contest\, made luminous with dew\,
 * shining like a never-waning star of Christ\, the ever-shining Sun\;* and
 \, emitting rays of martyrdom in each city\,* you received a blessed end i
 n the sea\,* and came before the face of Christ as a crown-bearer.* Beseec
 h Him\, O all-glorious Julian\,* that He save those who celebrate your mem
 ory with faith.\n\nTone 3\, Now…\n\nO Lady most honourable\,* how could 
 we but be rapt in wonder* at your giving birth to the Incarnate God* who\,
  without a mother\, was born of a Father before all ages?* You gave Him bi
 rth in the flesh without a father\,* without a man’s instrumentality.* H
 e is God and man whose two natures are intact\,* neither one losing any of
  its properties.* Therefore\, O Virgin Mother\,* intercede with Him to sav
 e the souls* of those who believe and profess in true faith* that you are 
 the Mother of God.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 3\n\nO Christ\, who darkened the s
 un by Your passion* and enlightened all creation by Your resurrection\,* a
 ccept our evening prayer\; for You love mankind.\n\nThe Lord reigns\, He i
 s clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt about with strength.\n\
 nO Lord\, Your life-giving resurrection has enlightened the entire univers
 e* and has revived Your creation which lay in corruption.* Therefore\, we\
 , who have been released from the curse of Adam\, cry out to You:* Almight
 y Lord\, glory to You!\n\nFor He has made the world firm\, which shall not
  be moved.\n\nO God\, although in Your divine nature You are unchangeable\
 ,* yet in Your human nature You underwent change by suffering in the flesh
 .* All creation was prostrate with fear* when it saw You hanging on the cr
 oss\,* and it groaned in sorrow as it sang the praises of Your long-suffer
 ing.* But You descended into Hades and arose on the third day\,* granting 
 life and great mercy to the world.\n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\
 , for length of days.\n\nYou suffered death\, O Christ\, to deliver mankin
 d from death.* And when You arose from the dead on the third day\,* You en
 lightened the world* and resurrected all who acknowledge You as God.\n\nTo
 ne 6\, Glory…\n\nCome\, ye who love the martyrs\, let us piously glorify
  the glorious Julian\, the athlete of Christ\, the compatriot of Paul\, wh
 o was shown to be his fellow mystagogue\, and who likewise finished the ra
 ce\; for\, entering the water\, he crushed the head of the serpent with th
 e aquatic beasts\, sanctifying the earth with his blood and the sea by his
  passage\, passing from things here to the eternal mansions\, and receivin
 g honour for his struggles from the hand of the Almighty\; and he asks cle
 ansing for our souls and great mercy.\n\nNow…\n\nChrist the Lord\, our C
 reator and Redeemer\,* came forth from your womb\, O most pure Virgin.* He
  clothed Himself in our human flesh* to set us free from the original curs
 e of Adam.* Therefore\, O Mary\, we praise you\, without ceasing\,* as the
  true Virgin Mother of God\,* and we sing with the angels:* Rejoice\, O La
 dy\, advocate\, protector\, and salvation of our souls.\n\nTroparia\n\nTon
 e 3\n\nLet the heavens be glad\, let the earth rejoice\,* for the Lord has
  done a mighty deed with His arm.* He trampled death by death. He became t
 he first-born of the dead\;* He saved us from the abyss of Hades* and gran
 ted great mercy to the world.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… \n\nYour martyr\, Julia
 n\, O Lord\,* by his passion acquired the crown of incorruptibility from Y
 ou\, our God.* For possessing Your power he overcame the torturers* and sh
 attered the feeble insolence of demons.* By his supplications\, save our s
 ouls.\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 ea
 rth:* God took on our human nature* and united it to His divine nature in 
 a perfect but unconfused union.* Then\, He willingly accepted the cross fo
 r our sake* and thereby raised again the first created\,* and saved our so
 uls from death.\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nUsual Begi
 nning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Tone 3\n\nTroparia\, 
 Tone 3\n\nLet the heavens be glad\, let the earth rejoice\,* for the Lord 
 has done a mighty deed with His arm.* He trampled death by death. He becam
 e the first-born of the dead\;* He saved us from the abyss of Hades* and g
 ranted great mercy to the world. (2)\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWe sing your pr
 aises\, 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\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 3\n\nChrist has 
 arisen from the dead\, the first fruits of those that sleep.* The First-bo
 rn of creation and Creator of all that has come to be\,* has renewed in Hi
 mself the corrupted nature of our race.* Death\, no longer is your lord\,*
  for the Master of all things has destroyed your dominion.\n\nArise\, O Lo
 rd my God\, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to th
 e end.\n\nHaving tasted death in the flesh\, O Lord\,* You have blotted ou
 t the bitterness of death by Your arising* strengthening mankind against i
 t\, and announcing the abolition of the ancient curse.* Defender of our li
 ves\, O Lord\, glory be to You!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAwed by the beauty o
 f your virginity* and the exceeding radiance of your purity\,* Gabriel cal
 led out to you\, O Theotokos:* What worthy hymn of praise can I offer to y
 ou?* And what shall I name you?* I am in doubt and stand in awe.* Wherefor
 e as commanded\, I cry to you:* Rejoice\, O Full of Grace.\n\nPsalter Read
 ing\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStasis III: Psa
 lms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn II\, Tone 3\n\nAwed by 
 Your immutable Godhead* and by Your voluntary passion\, O Lord\,* Hades la
 mented: I tremble at Your body’s essence\, which remains incorrupt.* I b
 ehold You\, the One who is invisible\, mystically making war against me\;*
  wherefore those whom I hold cry out:* ‘Glory\, O Christ\, to Your Resur
 rection!’\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will
  tell of all Your wonders.\n\nWe the faithful contemplate an ineffable mys
 tery:* Your incomprehensible Crucifixion and Your inexplicable Arising.* F
 or today Death and Hades have been despoiled\,* but mankind has been cloth
 ed in incorruption.* Wherefore with thanksgiving we cry aloud to You:* Glo
 ry\, O Christ\, to Your Resurrection!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nMystically did
  you contain in your womb* the Incomprehensible and Uncircumscribed One\,*
  consubstantial with the Father and the Spirit\;* and we acknowledge in yo
 ur Offspring one unconfused energy of the Trinity Who is glorified in the 
 world.* And so with thanksgiving we cry to you\, ** ‘Rejoice\, O full of
  grace!’\n\nPolyeleos\n\nEvlogitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 3
 \n\nA Cause of amazement by his appearance\,* and source of refreshment by
  his speech\,* the radiant Angel spoke to the myrrh-bearing women saying:*
  Why do you seek the living in a grave?* He has arisen\, emptying the grav
 es.* Know that the unchangeable One has changed corruption.* Wherefore cry
  to God saying\,* ‘How fearful are Your works!* For You have saved manki
 nd.’\n\nHymn of Ascent\, Tone 3\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nYou\, O Word\, delivere
 d the captivity of Sion from Babylon\,* Deliver me also* from the passions
  to life.\n\nThose who sow in the South* with tears inspired by God\,* sha
 ll in joy reap sheaves of everlasting life.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the H
 oly Spirit\,* together with the Father and the Son* shines forth the refle
 ction of every good gift\,* In Him all things live and have their being.\n
 \nAntiphon 2\n\nExcept the Lord build the house of the virtues\,* in vain 
 do we labour.* While He protects our soul no one lays waste our city.\n\nT
 he Saints\, O Christ\, fruits of the womb\,* are by the Spirit\, always so
 ns to You\,* as You are to the Father.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe Holy Spir
 it is the inspiration of all that is holy and wise\;* for He quickens ever
 y creature.* Let us worship Him* together with the Father and the Son\, fo
 r He is God.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nThose who fear the Lord are blessed* as they
  walk along the paths of His commandments\;* for they partake of the life-
 giving fruit.\n\nBe glad\, Chief Shepherd\,* beholding Your offspring arou
 nd Your table* bearing the branches of good works.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nI
 n the Holy Spirit is a superabundance of glory\;* for from Him proceeds fo
 rth grace and life* into all creation\;* wherefore He is praised together 
 with the Father and the Word.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nProclaim to the n
 ations: God is king. The world He made firm in its place.\n\nverse: O sing
  a new song to the Lord\, sing to the Lord all the earth.\n\nLet everythin
 g that lives\, Tone 3\n\nGospel\n\nResurrectional Gospel\n\nHymn of Resurr
 ection\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCanon\, Tone 3\n\nOde 1\n\nCan
 on of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: In time past by his divine command he gat
 hered the waters into one heap* and divided the sea for the people of Isra
 el:* this is our God\, he is glorious\,* to him alone we sing\, for he is 
 glorified.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHe condemned th
 e earth to bring forth thorns\, fruit of the transgressor’s sweat\; he r
 eceived in the flesh a crown of thorns from the hands of lawless men : thi
 s is our God\, he has done away with the curse\, he is glorified.\n\nGlory
  to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHe whom death smote is declared th
 e conqueror who won the victory over death\; for taking living flesh subje
 ct to suffering\, he wrestled with the tyrant and raised up all with himse
 lf: he is our God\, he is glorified.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\n
 All nations glorify you\, true Mother of God\, who seedlessly bore your ch
 ild\; for he\, our God\, stole down into your hallowed womb and\, invested
  with our being\, God and man was born of you.\n\nKatavasia: I shall open 
 my mouth\, and be filled with the Spirit\, * and utter discourse to the Qu
 een and Mother\; * and be seen radiantly keeping festival\, * joyfully pra
 ising her wonders.\n\nOde 3\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Almight
 y Lord\,* you brought all things from nothing into being\,* created by the
  Word\, perfected by the Spirit.* Make me firm in your love.\n\nGlory to y
 our holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe ungodly man was brought to shame by
  your cross\; he dug a pit and opened it up and fell into it himself\; the
  horn of the lowly\, O Christ\, is lifted up in your resurrection.\n\nGlor
 y to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe proclamation of righteousness
  to the nations as water has covered the seas\, O Lover of man\, for you h
 ave risen from the grave and revealed the splendour of the Trinity.\n\nMos
 t holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nGlorious things are spoken of you\, the liv
 ing city of the King who reigns for ever. For through you\, O Lady\, God d
 welt among those on earth.\n\nKatavasia: O Theotokos\, living and plentifu
 l fount\, * establish in spiritual fellowship those who sing hymns to you\
 , * and in your divine glory * grant them crowns of glory.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nO
 de 4\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: A mighty love you have shown t
 o us\, O Lord\,* for you have given over to death for us your only-begotte
 n Son\;* therefore we thank you and cry to you:* Glory to your power\, O L
 ord.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nScars and bruises com
 passionately bearing\, insult of blows enduring\, long-patient under the s
 pitting\, O Christ\; through these you have wrought my salvation. Glory to
  your power\, O Lord.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nLife
  in mortal body\, you conversed with deatiaor the sake of the misery of th
 e poor and the sighing of the needy\; and. destroying the destroyer\, O gl
 orified One\, you raised up all with yourself\, only Lover of man.\n\nMost
  holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nRemember\, O Christ\, your flock won by your
  Passion: visit the afflicted\, accept the compassionate prayers of your M
 other glorified and save it\, O Lord\, by your power.\n\nKatavasia: He who
  sits in glory upon the throne of the Godhead\, * Jesus the true God\, * i
 s come in a swift cloud * and with His sinless hands he has saved those wh
 o cry: * Glory to Your power\, O Christ.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 5\n\nCanon of t
 he Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Early I wake to you the Creator of all* and the 
 peace which passes all understanding:* guide me in your ordinances\,* for 
 they are light.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThrough th
 e envy of the Jews handed over to an unrighteous judge\, you\, the all-see
 ing who judges all the earth in righteousness\, delivered Adam from the an
 cient condemnation.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nChrist
 \, risen from the dead\, grant peace to your churches in the invincible po
 wer of your cross\, and save our souls.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\
 n\nYou alone\, the Ever-virgin who received the Word of God unbounded by t
 he whole creation\, are declared the holy tabernacle wider than the heaven
 s.\n\nKatavasia: All creation stands in awe of your divine glory\; * for y
 ou\, O Virgin who have not known wedlock\, * contained within your womb th
 e God of all\, * and gave birth to the timeless Son\, * bestowing peace\, 
 upon all who hymn you.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 6\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\
 nIrmos: The deepest abyss of sins has surrounded me* and my spirit fails m
 e\;* but stretch out your mighty arm\, O Lord my pilot\, as to Peter\,* an
 d save me.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe abyss of me
 rcy and pity has surrounded me in your tender descent\, O Lord\, for\, mad
 e flesh and taking the form of a servant\, you made me as God and glorifie
 d me with yourself.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe on
 e who dealt death has undergone death through seeing the One put to death 
 now brought to life: these things are the tokens of your Resurrection\, O 
 Christ\, and the rewards of your pure Passion.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, sa
 ve us.\n\nOnly All-pure\, beyond understanding you were mediator between t
 he Creator and man\, pray to your merciful Son for your stumbling servants
  and be our defender.\n\nKatavasia: Celebrating the divine and solemn feas
 t * of the Mother of God * O divinely wise\, * let us come\, clapping our 
 hands\, * and glorify God who was born of her.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nKontakion\n\n
 You rose from the tomb\, O compassionate Lord\,* and led us out from the g
 ates of death.* Today Adam exults and Eve rejoices\,* and the prophets tog
 ether with the patriarchs* unceasingly acclaim the divine might of Your po
 wer.\n\nIkos\n\nLet heaven and earth dance together today and with one min
 d sing to Christ God for he has raised from the graves those held in bonds
 . All creation rejoices together and brings to our Creator and Redeemer of
  all its fitting songs. For today\, as giver of life\, with himself he dre
 w mortal man from Hell and lifts him up to heaven\, he dashes down the pri
 de of the enemy and breaks in pieces the gates of Hell by the divine might
  of his authority.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 7\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrm
 os: As\, long ago\, your dew refreshed the three godly children in the Cha
 ldean flames\,* so shine with the enlightening fire of your Godhead* upon 
 us who cry to you:* Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\nGlory to your
  holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe fair veil of the temple was rent in th
 e cross of the Creator\, clearly announcing the hidden truth in the script
 ures to the faithful who cry to you: Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.
 \n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWhen your side was pierce
 d\, O Christ\, drops of your life-giving blood\, flowing from God by divin
 e dispensation\, distilled upon the earth and re-made those born of the ea
 rth who cry to you: Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\nGlory be to t
 he Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit\, the Lord\n\nLet us t
 he faithful glorify the Good Spirit with the Father and the only-begotten 
 Son\, one in three\, as we worship the first cause and one Godhead\, cryin
 g: Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\nKatavasia: Refusing to worship
  created things * in place of the Creator\, * the divinely wise youths bra
 vely trampled down the threatening fire * and rejoicing they sang aloud: *
  O supremely hymned Lord and God of our Fathers\,* Blessed are You.\n\n.\n
 \n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 8\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: In the unbearabl
 e fire\, unharmed by the flames\,* the young men\, famed for their fear of
  God\, stood as one and sang the divine hymn:* Bless the Lord\, all you hi
 s works\,* and exalt him throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Re
 surrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe brightness of the temple was rent when your cr
 oss was set on Golgotha: all creation bowed down together and raised the s
 ong: Bless the Lord\, all you his works\, and exalt him throughout all the
  ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou have risen\, Ch
 rist\, from the grave\, by the divine power of the cross you have raised m
 an overthrown by treachery and set him straight again\, crying out and say
 ing: Bless the Lord\, all you his works\, and exalt him throughout all the
  ages.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nYou are declared to be the tem
 ple of God\, living resting-place and ark\, for you\, pure Mother of God\,
  have reconciled the Creator to mortal man and fittingly we his works sing
  your praises and 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\n&nbsp\;\n\nMagnificat\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 9\n\nCa
 non of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Marvel new and meet for God!* Through th
 e shut gate of the Virgin the Lord surely passes through.* Unclothed in th
 e entering\, fleshbearing in the coming forth* God has appeared and the ga
 te remains fast closed.* We magnify her beyond utterance* the Mother of Go
 d.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Word of God\, awful i
 t is to see you\, the Creator\, hanging on the tree\, God suffering in hum
 an fashion for the sake of his servants\; while lying lifeless in the tomb
  you yet had loosed the dead from Hell\; for this\, O Christ\, we magnify 
 you as almighty.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nLaid dead
  in the grave\, O Christ\, you saved our forefathers from the corruption o
 f death\; you raised the dead and made life to blossom and\, leading morta
 l nature by the hand to the light\, you clothed it with divine incorruptib
 ility\; for this we magnify you\, fountain of everliving light.\n\nMost ho
 ly Theotokos\, save us.\n\nTemple and throne of God you are declared to be
 \, All-pure\, wherein he who dwells in the highest took up his abode\, bor
 n without man and guarding entire the doors of your flesh. Holy One\, by y
 our unceasing prayers bring swiftly the nations in final subjection to our
  king.\n\nKatavasia: Let every mortal born on earth\, * radiant with light
 \, in spirit leap for joy\; * and let the host of the angelic powers * cel
 ebrate and honour the holy feast of the Mother of God\, * and let them cry
  aloud: * Rejoice! O all-blessed Theotokos\, * pure Ever-Virgin.\n\nSmall 
 Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light\n\nResplendent with virtues* l
 et us behold the men standing in brilliant clothes inside the grave\,* giv
 ing life to the saddened myrrh-bearing women.* Let us learn of the resurre
 ction of the Lord of heaven* and hasten with Peter to the tomb of life.* L
 et us stand before His wondrous resurrection* and contemplate the marvels 
 of Christ.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 3\n\nTo carry out 
 the sentence pre-ordained:* this honour is for all His faithful.\n\nCome a
 ll you nations\,* acknowledge the power of the dread mystery\;* for Christ
  our Saviour\, the beginningless Word\,* was crucified for us and was will
 ingly buried* and arose from the dead to save the whole universe.* Let us 
 worship Him.\n\nPraise God in His holy place\, praise Him in His mighty he
 avens.\n\nYou guards recounted all the marvels\, O Lord\,* but\, by fillin
 g their right hands with money\,* the Sanhedrin of folly thought to concea
 l Your Resurrection\,* which the world glorifies\;* have mercy upon us.\n\
 nPraise Him for His powerful deeds\,* praise His surpassing greatness.\n\n
 All things have been filled with joy on receiving proof of the Resurrectio
 n.* For Mary Magdalene having come to the tomb\,* found an Angel seated up
 on the stone\,* radiant in shining raiment\, saying:* Why do you seek the 
 living among the dead?* He is not here\, but He has arisen\, as He foretol
 d\,* and goes before you into Galilee.\n\nO praise Him with sound of trump
 et\,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nIn Your light\, O Master and Love
 r of mankind\,* shall we see light.* For arose from the dead\,* granting s
 alvation to the race of mankind\,* wherefore all creation glorifies You\, 
 the only sinless one\;* have mercy upon us.\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and
  dance\,* praise Him with strings and pipes.\n\nAs a morning hymn\, O Lord
 \,* the Myrrh-bearing Women offered You their tears.* For bringing perfume
 s of sweet fragrances\, they came to Your grave\, eager to anoint Your mos
 t pure Body.* An angel seated upon the stone declared to them the good tid
 ings:* Why do you seek the living among the dead?* For He has trampled dow
 n death\, He has arisen as God\,* granting to all His great mercy.\n\nO pr
 aise Him with resounding cymbals\, praise Him with clashing of cymbals.* L
 et everything that lives and that breathes give praise to the Lord.\n\nA r
 adiant Angel seated by You life-giving tomb* spoke to the Myrrh-bearing wo
 men saying:* The Redeemer has emptied the tombs\,* He has despoiled Hades*
  and has arisen on the third day as alone God and all-powerful.\n\nArise\,
  O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor 
 to the end.\n\nOn the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tom
 b seeking You.* When she did not find You\, she lamented and cried out wit
 h grief:* Alas\, my Saviour\, how have You\, the King of all\, been stolen
 ?* But a pair of radiant Angels from within the sepulchre cried out:* Why 
 do you weep\, woman?* I weep\, she said\, because they have taken my Lord 
 from the tomb* and I know not where they have laid Him.* Whereupon\, turni
 ng back and seeing You\, she at once cried out:* My Lord and my God\, glor
 y be to You!\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I wil
 l tell of all Your wonders.\n\nThe Hebrews shut Life within the tomb\;* bu
 t the Thief opened the Paradise of pure delight with his voice when he cri
 ed aloud saying:* The One who was crucified with me and who was hung with 
 me upon the tree* also appears to me seated upon a throne together with th
 e Father.* For He is Christ our God\, who has great mercy.\n\nTone 4\, Glo
 ry…\n\nThe women came at early dawn to Your tomb\, O Christ\,* but they 
 did not find Your venerable body.* As they were perplexed\, an angel in sh
 ining clothes said to them:* Why do you seek the Living among the dead?* H
 e is risen as He foretold.* Have you forgotten what He said?* Being assure
 d by the words of the angel\,* the women preached to the disciples about t
 he things they saw.* But their good news was received with ridicule\;* for
  the disciples were still without understanding.* Peter\, however\, hasten
 ed to Your tomb* and then glorified Your wonders\, O Lord.\n\nTone 2\, Now
 …\n\nYou are truly most blessed\, O virgin Mother of God.* Through the O
 ne who was incarnate of you\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revived\, the curs
 e wiped out\,* Eve set free\, Death put to death\,* and we ourselves were 
 brought back to life.* That is why we cry 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\nToday sal
 vation has come to the world.* Let us sing to Him who is risen from the to
 mb\,* the Author of Life who has crushed Death by his death* and bestowed 
 on us victory and great mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplicati
 on\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia a
 nd Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 3: Let the heavens be glad\, let the earth
  rejoice\,* for the Lord has done a mighty deed with His arm.* He trampled
  death by death. He became the first-born of the dead\;* He saved us from 
 the abyss of Hades* and granted great mercy to the world.\n\nGlory be to t
 he Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 3: Yo
 u rose from the tomb\, O compassionate Lord\,* and led us out from the gat
 es of death.* Today Adam exults and Eve rejoices\,* and the prophets toget
 her with the patriarchs* unceasingly acclaim the divine might of Your powe
 r.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nTheotokion\, Tone 3: Today the V
 irgin stands before us in the church* and together with the choirs of sain
 ts invisibly prays to God for us.* Angels are worshipping with hierarchs\,
 * Apostles exult with prophets\,* for the Mother of God prays in our behal
 f to the eternal God.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nSing to our God\, sing\; 
 sing to our King\, sing.\n\nverse: Clap your hands\, all you nations\; sho
 ut unto God with the voice of joy. (Psalm 46:7\,2)\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 6:
 18-23\; 8:28-39\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 3\n\nverse: In You\, O Lord\, have I ho
 ped that I may not be put to shame for ever.\n\nverse: Be a protector unto
  me\, O God\, and a house of refuge to save me. (Psalm 30:2\,3)\n\nGospel\
 n\nMatthew 8:5-13\; 5:1-16\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the h
 eavens\;* praise Him in the highest (Psalm 148:1).* Alleluia\, alleluia\,*
  alleluia.
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