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SUMMARY:Sunday\, June 28\, 2026\; Fifth Sunday after Pentecost\; Octoechos 
 Tone 4\;  The Transfer of the Relics of the Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus and J
 ohn.
DESCRIPTION:GREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\n“Ble
 ssed is the man...” is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nLead my soul f
 orth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nWe never cease t
 o adore Your life-giving Cross\, O Christ our God\,* And we glorify Your r
 esurrection on the third day.* For You\, Almighty One\, have thereby resto
 red the corrupted nature of all* and reopened the way to heaven\,* since Y
 ou alone are gracious and You love mankind.\n\nThe just shall gather aroun
 d me* when You have been good to me.\n\nO Saviour\, You have absolved the 
 penalty of disobedience\,* committed through the tree of Eden\,* by willin
 gly being nailed to the tree of the cross.* As Almighty God\, You descende
 d into Hades* and broke asunder the bonds of death.* We\, therefore\, vene
 rate Your resurrection from the dead\,* and joyfully cry out to You:* Almi
 ghty Lord\, glory to You!\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O 
 Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nO Lord\, You have battered down the gates of Hade
 s\,* and by Your death You have dissolved the realm of death.* You have fr
 eed mankind from corruption\,* bestowing life\, incorruption\, and Your gr
 eat mercy upon the world.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of m
 y prayer.\n\nCome\, all you people\,* let us sing the praises of our Savio
 ur’s resurrection on the third day.* For we have\, thereby\, been delive
 red from the invincible bonds of Hades\,* and we have received incorruptio
 n\, together with eternal life.* Therefore\, we cry out to You* after Your
  crucifixion\, burial\, and resurrection:* Save us by Your resurrection\, 
 for You love mankind.\n\nTone 4\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can
  stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nWith hymn
 s let us all honour Cyrus and with him the great John\,* the two martyrs w
 ho possessed the radiance of the Trinity\,* the foundation of the Faith\, 
 the flowers breathing forth* the true fragrance of the understanding of Ch
 rist\,* for they pray unceasingly for us to the Lord.\n\nI have waited for
  You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* f
 or it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nWith hymns let us all honour Cyrus and w
 ith him the great John\,* the two martyrs who possessed the radiance of th
 e Trinity\,* the foundation of the Faith\, the flowers breathing forth* th
 e true fragrance of the understanding of Christ\,* for they pray unceasing
 ly for us to the Lord.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel t
 rust in the Lord.\n\nWith fasting and radiance of life you shone forth\,* 
 and later you adorned your soul with suffering\, O glorious Cyrus.* You fo
 rsook an earthly army\, O wise John\,* and found the army of heaven.* And\
 , entreating the Saviour\, O blessed ones\,* you both pray for those who b
 less your memory.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there
  is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniqui
 ties.\n\nWith fasting and radiance of life you shone forth\,* and later yo
 u adorned your soul with suffering\, O glorious Cyrus.* You forsook an ear
 thly army\, O wise John\,* and found the army of heaven.* And\, entreating
  the Saviour\, O blessed ones\,* you both pray for those who bless your me
 mory.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you
  people.\n\nYou were shown to be physicians of the infirm\, O blessed ones
 \,* and never-waning luminaries of the divine Faith\,* uttering confession
  together* and sharing in the lot of the martyrs.* Having truly received c
 rowns from Christ\, O glorious Cyrus and wise John\,* unceasingly entreat 
 the Saviour* in behalf of those who hymn you with faith.\n\nStrong is the 
 love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nYou were sh
 own to be physicians of the infirm\, O blessed ones\,* and never-waning lu
 minaries of the divine Faith\,* uttering confession together* and sharing 
 in the lot of the martyrs.* Having truly received crowns from Christ\, O g
 lorious Cyrus and wise John\,* unceasingly entreat the Saviour* in behalf 
 of those who hymn you with faith.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nTwo martyrs have
  shone forth upon us today\, healing the pangs of our souls:* Cyrus and Jo
 hn\, the wonder-workers.* The one\, embracing the angelic life and living 
 it to the end\,* united himself to Christ by the blood of martyrdom\;* and
  the other\, shining forth among the military ranks\,* is now enrolled in 
 the armies of heaven.* Therefore\, they impart healing to those who with f
 aith celebrate their memory\,* praying for our souls.\n\nTone 4\, Now…\n
 \nO Mother of God\, because of You* David the Prophet became an ancestor o
 f God\;* he foretold and sang a joyous hymn of praise* and cried out to Hi
 m who worked wonders in you:* “The Queen stood at your right hand.”* G
 od revealed you as a life-giving mother\,* when He chose to be incarnate o
 f you without a father.* He renewed in man His image* which the passions h
 ad corrupted.* He found the lost sheep in the mountains\,* carried it on H
 is shoulders\,* offered it to the Father\,* generously numbered it among t
 he powers of heaven\,* and saved the whole world\, since He is Christ of g
 reat and rich mercy.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 4\n\nIn being lifted upon the cr
 oss\, O Lord\,* You abolished the curse which we had inherited from our fa
 thers.* By going down into Hades\,* You freed from eternal captivity those
  imprisoned there\,* and granted incorruption to mankind.* We\, therefore\
 , praise Your life-giving and redeeming resurrection.\n\nThe Lord reigns\,
  He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt about with strengt
 h.\n\nBy hanging on the cross\, O Almighty One\,* You shook the whole crea
 tion to its foundations.* When You Yourself were laid in the grave\,* You 
 raised to life those who had been lying in the graves\,* and You granted l
 ife and incorruption to mankind.* We\, therefore\, praise and glorify Your
  resurrection on the third day.\n\nFor He has made the world firm\, which 
 shall not be moved.\n\nO Christ\, the lawless people showed their ingratit
 ude to You\, their Benefactor\,* by delivering You to Pilate who condemned
  you to be crucified.* But You willingly suffered death and burial\;* and\
 , as God\, You rose by Your own power on the third day\,* granting us ever
 lasting life and great mercy.\n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\, for
  length of days.\n\nThe women\, shedding bitter tears\, came to see You in
  Your tomb\;* and not finding Your body\, they lamented\, saying:* O Savio
 ur and King of All\, how were You stolen?* What place holds Your life-bear
 ing body?* An angel answered them\, saying:* Do not weep\, but go and proc
 laim that the Lord is risen\,* filling our hearts with joy\;* for He alone
  is most compassionate.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… \n\nCome\, O assembly of the 
 faithful\,* and with hymns let us crown Cyrus and John today:* the soldier
 s of grace and most generous fulfillers of petitions\;* for in manifold wa
 ys they have been shown to all as most splendid physicians.* Therefore\, t
 hey pray for our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nWe now behold a new wonder\,* greater
  than the wonders of old.* For who has ever known a mother to bear a child
  without the help of man?* Who has known a mother to hold in her arms the 
 Source of all Creation?* It was God’s own will to be born in this manner
 \;* and you\, O most pure Virgin\, carried Him as an infant in your arms.*
  Because of this\, you can approach God with the boldness of a mother.* Th
 erefore\, we venerate you\, and ask you to always beseech Him* to have mer
 cy on us and save our souls.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nWhen the disciples o
 f the Lord learned from the angel* the glorious news of the resurrection* 
 and cast off the ancestral condemnation\,* they proudly told the apostles:
 * “Death has been plundered!* Christ our God is risen\,* granting to the
  world great mercy.”\n\nTone 5\, Glory... \n\nO Christ God\, through the
  wonders of your holy martyrs\,* You have given us an invincible rampart.*
  By their prayers disperse the council of unbelievers\;* strengthen the ru
 le of your kingdom\,* for You alone are good and the Lover of mankind.\n\n
 Now...\n\nRejoice\, Virgin\, impassable gateway of the Lord!* Rejoice\, pr
 otective wall of those who take refuge in you!* Rejoice\, peaceful haven u
 ntroubled by storms!* Rejoice\, O Virgin who has not known wedlock* and ye
 t has given birth in the flesh to your Creator and God!* O Mother of God\,
  never cease to intercede* for those who praise and worship your Son.\n\n&
 nbsp\;\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n
 \nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Tone 4\n\nTroparia\, Tone 4\n\nWhen the d
 isciples of the Lord learned from the angel* the glorious news of the resu
 rrection* and cast off the ancestral condemnation\,* they proudly told the
  apostles:* “Death has been plundered!* Christ our God is risen\,* grant
 ing to the world great mercy.” (2)\n\nTone 5\, Glory... \n\nO Christ God
 \, through the wonders of your holy martyrs\,* You have given us an invinc
 ible rampart.* By their prayers disperse the council of unbelievers\;* str
 engthen the rule of your kingdom\,* for You alone are good and the Lover o
 f mankind.\n\nNow...\n\nRejoice\, Virgin\, impassable gateway of the Lord!
 * Rejoice\, protective wall of those who take refuge in you!* Rejoice\, pe
 aceful haven untroubled by storms!* Rejoice\, O Virgin who has not known w
 edlock* and yet has given birth in the flesh to your Creator and God!* O M
 other of God\, never cease to intercede* for those who praise and worship 
 your Son.\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\nSessiona
 l Hymn\, Tone 4\n\nLooking into the entrance of the tomb\,* the Myrrh-bear
 ing women were unable to endure the bright radiance of the Angel\,* trembl
 ing in awe they said\;* How is it that He who has opened Paradise to the T
 hief hath been stolen?* How is it that He who before His passion proclaime
 d His Arising has been raised?* Truly Christ God has arisen\, granting tho
 se in Hades life and resurrection.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your han
 ds be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nMortal men lai
 d in a new tomb* the One who through a word established the ends of earth\
 ,* for You\, O Saviour\, willingly endured the Cross\,* whereby You conque
 red the adversary\, and despoiled death\,* for which cause all those in Ha
 des extol Your life-giving Arising saying* Christ\, the giver of life\, ha
 s arisen and abides to the ages.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAs he contemplated 
 that which was beyond nature* Joseph was struck with wonder\, O Theotokos\
 , at you conception without seed.* He contemplated the mysterious dew upon
  the fleece\,* the bush unburnt by fire\,* Aaron’s rod which budded.* Th
 us your Betrothed and guardian bore witness and cried to the priests sayin
 g:* A Virgin bears a child\,* and after child-birth remains yet a virgin.\
 n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\n
 Stasis III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 4
 \n\nO Saviour\, You arose from Hades as immortal\,* raising the world toge
 ther with You by Your might\, O Christ our God.* With strength You have ov
 erthrown the dominion of death\,* revealing the Resurrection to all\, O Me
 rciful one.* Wherefore we also glorify You\, O only Lover of mankind.\n\nI
  will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of all You
 r wonders.\n\nGabriel radiant in white vestments descended from the height
 s above\,* and approaching the rock upon which the Rock of life was lying\
 ,* cried to the weeping women saying:* Cease your cries of lamentation\;* 
 for you have now obtained merciful compassion.* Take courage\, for the One
  you seek is truly risen.* Therefore\, cry to the Apostles telling them th
 at the Lord has arisen\,* to worship the risen One\;* and having received 
 gladness\, to take courage\, together with Eve.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll 
 the choirs of Angels were struck with wonder\, O Pure Virgin\,* at the awe
 some mystery of your conception.* How can the One who holds all things in 
 place with only a nod\,* now be held in your arms as a man?* How can the E
 ternal accept a beginning?* How can the One who nourishes everything that 
 has breath by His ineffable goodness\,* be suckled at your breast?* And up
 on seeing these things\, with hymns they glorify you* as truly the Mother 
 of God.\n\nPolyeleos\n\nEvoglitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 4\n\
 nThe Myrrh-bearing women hastened to proclaim to the Apostles* the news of
  Your wondrous Rising\, O Christ:* that as God You have arisen\,* granting
  the world great mercy.\n\nGradual Hymns\, Tone 4\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nFrom my
  youth do many passions war against me\;* but do You Yourself defend* and 
 save me\, O my Saviour.\n\nYou haters of Sion shall be shamed by the Lord\
 ;* for like grass\, by the fire* shall you be withered.\n\nGlory… Now…
 \n\nIn the Holy Spirit\, every soul is quickened\,* and\, through cleansin
 g\, is exalted* and made radiant* by the Triple Unity in a hidden sacred m
 anner.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\nFrom the depths of my soul* I have cried to You fe
 rvently\, O Lord\;* let Your divine ears be attentive to me.\n\nEveryone w
 ho has set their hope in the Lord\,* is higher than all those* who mourn.\
 n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit* the streams of grace swell up\;*
  watering all creation* engendering life.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nLet my heart be
  raised to You\, O Lord\;* and let none of the pleasures of the world lure
  me* to weakness.\n\nAs one that has tender love for one’s mother\;* so 
 should we have even more fervent love* for the Lord.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\
 nBy the Holy Spirit comes an abundance of divine knowledge\,* contemplatio
 n and wisdom\;* for by Him the Word unveils* all the Father’s teachings.
 \n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nArise\, O Lord: help us\,* and redeem us for Y
 our name’s sake.\n\nverse: We heard with our own ears\, O God\, our fath
 ers have told us the story of the things You did in days long ago.\n\nLet 
 everything that lives\, Tone 4\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 24: 12-35\n\nHymn of Resu
 rrection\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCanon\, Tone 4\n\nOde 1\n\nC
 anon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Through the Red Sea\, as on the dry lan
 d\,* old Israel passed on with unmoistened foot\;* crosswise\, in the wild
 erness\, Moses held up his arms* and they routed Amalek’s might.\n\nGlor
 y to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nAs good and all-powerful\, O Lord
 \, you were lifted up on the immaculate tree of your cross\, healing by th
 e tree our utter destruction\, setting right our defection.\n\nGlory to Yo
 ur holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nIn your body in the tomb\, as God with y
 our soul in Hell\, with the Thief in Paradise\, you were yet\, O Christ\, 
 on the throne with the Father and the Spirit\, all things filling\, and in
 finite.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nYou conceived the Son of God 
 without seed\, by the Father’s purpose\, from the divine Spirit\; you bo
 re in flesh the one from the Father without mother: through us\, out of yo
 u\, without father.\n\nKatavasia: I shall open my mouth\, and be filled wi
 th the Spirit\, * and utter discourse to the Queen and Mother\; * and be s
 een radiantly keeping festival\, * joyfully praising her wonders.\n\nOde 3
 \n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Your Church\, O Christ\, makes mer
 ry in you\, crying aloud:* You are my strength\, O Lord\, my refuge\, my f
 irm foundation.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe tree o
 f life\, the true and intellectual vine\, hangs upon the cross pouring for
 th to all the elixir of life.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.
 \n\nAs a great one and fearful\, demolishing utterly the insolence of Hell
 \, as God incorruptible\, now you have risen in the flesh.\n\nMost holy Th
 eotokos\, save us.\n\nYou only\, O Mother of God\, are the friend who proc
 ures the good things beyond nature for those upon earth and therefore we b
 ring to you our “Hail.”\n\nKatavasia: O Theotokos\, living and plentif
 ul fount\, * establish in spiritual fellowship those who sing hymns to you
 \, * and in your divine glory * grant them crowns of glory.\n\nOde 4\n\nCa
 non of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Seeing you the Sun of Righteousness* lif
 ted high on the cross\,* with good reason your Church stood still in her c
 ourse and exclaimed:* Glory to your power\, O Lord.\n\nGlory to Your holy 
 Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou went up on the Cross\, to the Passion of you
 r pure flesh worn of your own will\, thus healing my passions. Therefore w
 e cry to you: Glory to your power\, O Lord.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrec
 tion\, O Lord.\n\nO Lord\, death tasted of your life-giving\, sinless fles
 h and deservedly was slain. But we cry to you: Glory to your power\, O Lor
 d.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nYou bore a child\, O Virgin\, with
 out a man\, and after the birth you were discerned as still a virgin\; the
 refore in faith unwavering we cry in never silent voices: Hail to you\, ou
 r Lady.\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\nOd
 e 5\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Lord\, my light\, you have come
  into the world\;* O holy light\, turn from the darkness of ignorance all 
 who sing to you in faith.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\n
 In compassion\, O Lord\, you came down to the earth\; hanging upon the tre
 e you raised up the fallen nature of man.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrecti
 on\, O Lord.\n\nO Christ\, you bore yourself the reproach of my sins\; you
  loosed the pangs of death\, Compassionate\, in your holy resurrection.\n\
 nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nWe thrust you forward as an unbreakable
  shield in face of our enemies\; we have gained you\, Bride of God\, as an
 chor and hope of our salvation.\n\nKatavasia: All creation stands in awe o
 f your divine glory\; * for you\, O Virgin who have not known wedlock\, * 
 contained within your womb the God of all\, * and gave birth to the timele
 ss Son\, * bestowing peace\, upon all who hymn you.\n\nOde 6\n\nCanon of t
 he Resurrection\n\nIrmos: I will sacrifice to you\, O Lord\, with the voic
 e of praise:* so cries your Church to you\,* purified from demons’ gore*
  through the blood which flows in pity from your side.\n\nGlory to Your ho
 ly Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nGirded with power you went up on the cross an
 d came to grips with the tyrant and as God you dashed him down from the he
 ights and raised up Adam with your invincible hand.\n\nGlory to Your holy 
 Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou are risen\, O Christ\, from the tomb in dazz
 ling beauty of lightning flash\, scattering to the winds by your power div
 ine every one of your enemies. As God you have filled all things with glad
 ness.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nO wonder of all wonders\, newes
 t and strangest\, that a virgin\, knowing no man\, conceived in the womb h
 im who holds the whole universe in his hands and suffered no straitening.\
 n\nKatavasia: Celebrating the divine and solemn feast * of the Mother of G
 od * O divinely wise\, * let us come\, clapping our hands\, * and glorify 
 God who was born of her.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4\n\nMy Saviour and Deliverer
  from the grave* as God raised out of bondage the children of the earth* a
 nd shattered the gates of Hades\;* and as Master\, He rose on the third da
 y.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nIkos\n\nToday Christ\, the giver of life\, has risen from
  the dead\, come after three days from the tomb\; by his might He has smas
 hed the doors of death\, put Hell to death and crushed death’s sting and
  Adam with Eve set free. Let all of us born of the earth sing to him\, in 
 thankfulness fervently cry out his praise. For he\, the lone strong One\, 
 on the third day as God and as Lord has risen.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 7\n\nCano
 n of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: In a Persian furnace three children of Abr
 aham were set on fire* but more than in the flames they blazed in loving d
 esire to God\, and cried:* Blessed are you\, O Lord\,* in the temple of yo
 ur glory.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWashed in Christ
 ’s divine blood\, mankind has been called to incorruption and sings in t
 hanksgiving: Blessed are you\, O Lord\, in the temple of your glory.\n\nGl
 ory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYour tomb\, O Christ\, declares
  itself life-bearing\, fairer far than Paradise\, more radiant than any ki
 ngly hall\, fount of our resurrection.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n
 \nHail\, tabernacle of the Most High\, hallowed and sacred. Joy is given t
 hrough you\, O Mother of God\, to those who cry to you: Blessed are you am
 ongst women\, All-holy Lady.\n\nKatavasia: Refusing to worship created thi
 ngs * in place of the Creator\, * the divinely wise youths bravely trample
 d down the threatening 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 Resurrection\n\nIrmos: Daniel\, with hands outspread in the den\,* 
 stopped the gaping jaws of the lions\;* the three children\, lovers of God
 \,* clothed in the virtue of godliness\,* quenched the power of the fire a
 nd sang aloud:* Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\n\nGlory to Yo
 ur holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWith hands outspread on the cross\, O Lo
 rd\, you gathered together the nations and showed them to be one Church pr
 aising you\, with those on earth and those in heaven in harmony singing: B
 less the Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrect
 ion\, O Lord.\n\nAs lightning flashing\, in the unapproachable light of th
 e resurrection\, the white-robed angel appeared to the women and cried: Wh
 y do you seek the living in the tomb as dead? Christ is risen indeed and w
 e cry to him: All you his works\, sing praises to the Lord.\n\nMost holy T
 heotokos\, save us.\n\nYou alone\, among all the families of the earth\, a
 re revealed as Mother of God\; wholly without stain\, unharmed by the fire
  of the unapproachable light\, you became the dwelling-place of the Godhea
 d. We all bless you\, therefore\, Mary\, God’s bride.\n\nKatavasia: The 
 Offspring 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 
 creation to hymn you: * all you works praise the Lord * and supremely exal
 t Him throughout all ages.\n\nMagnificat\n\n \n\nOde 9\n\nCanon of the Re
 surrection\n\nIrmos: From you\, O Virgin\, the mountain unhewn\,* is taken
  the stone uncut by human hands:* Christ the cornerstone\, disparate natur
 es joining together.* Therefore\, we rejoice and magnify you\, Mother of G
 od.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWholly you have taken 
 me up entire into union without confusion through your great mercy\, my Go
 d\, giving me salvation in full through your suffering endured on the cros
 s in the flesh.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nGazing upo
 n your opened tomb and upon the linen clothes\, within which God had lain\
 , left empty by your resurrection\, your disciples said with the angel: Th
 e Lord is risen indeed.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, glory be to You!\n\nA
 ll we the faithful worship the one divine nature but Trinity of persons\; 
 persons unconfounded\, equal in power and equal in honour\, we reverently 
 magnify.\n\nKatavasia: Let every mortal born on earth\, * radiant with lig
 ht\, in spirit leap for joy\; * and let the host of the angelic powers * c
 elebrate and honour the holy feast of the Mother of God\, * and let them c
 ry aloud: * Rejoice! O all-blessed Theotokos\, * pure Ever-Virgin.\n\nSmal
 l Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light (Gospel)\n\nChrist our Way a
 nd our Life\,* after His resurrection from the dead\,* accompanied Luke an
 d Cleopas\,* who had recognized Him at Emmaus in the breaking of the bread
 .* Their hearts and souls were inflamed as He spoke to them on the way\,* 
 explaining to them all the Scriptures that pertained to Him.* Let us\, the
 refore\, shout with them\, saying:* Truly\, the Lord is risen and has appe
 ared to Peter.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nI praise Your love without limit\, O 
 my Creator\;* for You emptied Yourself to put on our broken nature to save
  us.* O all-compassionate Lord\, even though You are God\,* You consented 
 for my sake to be born into our human condition* and to descend into Hades
  to save us\,* through the intercession of Your most pure Mother.\n\nPrais
 es\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 4\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-or
 dained:* this honour is for all His faithful.\n\nO all-powerful Lord\,* Wh
 o endured the Cross and death\,* and arose from the dead\,* we glorify You
 r Holy Resurrection.\n\nPraise God in His holy place\, praise Him in His m
 ighty heavens.\n\nBy Your Cross\, O Christ\, You have delivered us from th
 e ancient curse\,* and by Your death You have conquered the devil who tyra
 nnized our nature.* By Your arising You have filled all things with joy\,*
  wherefore we cry to You:* O Lord risen from the dead\, glory be to You!\n
 \nPraise Him for His powerful deeds\,* praise His surpassing greatness.\n\
 nO Christ the Saviour\,* with Your Cross\, guide us to Your truth\,* and d
 eliver us from the snares of the enemy\;* O You who are risen from the dea
 d* raise us also who have fallen through sin\,* by the stretching out of Y
 our hand\,* O Lord\, at the behest of the prayers of Your Saints.\n\nO pra
 ise Him with sound of trumpet\,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nWithou
 t departing from Your Father’s bosom\,* in Your tender compassion\, You 
 descended to earth\,* O Only-begotten Word of God\,* without change becomi
 ng man.* While You are impassible in Your divinity\,* You suffered the Cro
 ss and death in the flesh\;* and rising from the dead You have granted imm
 ortality to the race of mankind\,* as You alone are all-powerful.\n\nPrais
 e Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and pipes.\n\nYou 
 endured death in the flesh* thereby ensuring us of immortality\,* and You 
 abided within a tomb\,* thereby freeing us from Hades\,* and raising us up
  with together with Yourself\,* suffering as a man\, but rising as God\,* 
 wherefore we cry to You the Lover of mankind:* O Lord giver of life\, glor
 y be to You.\n\nO praise Him with resounding cymbals\, praise Him with cla
 shing of cymbals.* Let everything that lives and that breathes give praise
  to the Lord.\n\nThe rocks were rent asunder\, O Saviour\,* when Your Cros
 s was set upon Golgotha\;* the gate-keepers of Hades were smitten with ter
 ror\,* when You were laid in the sepulchre as One dead\;* for abolishing t
 he stronghold of death\,* You have granted incorruption to all the dead by
  Your Resurrection\,* O Lord and Saviour\,* giver of life\, glory be to Yo
 u!\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget n
 ot Your poor to the end.\n\nThe women longed to see Your Resurrection\, O 
 Christ God\;* Mary Magdalene having come in anticipation* found the stone 
 rolled away from the tomb\,* with an Angel seated upon it\, saying:* Why d
 o you seek the living among the dead?* He has arisen as God\, that He may 
 save all things.\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I
  will tell of all Your wonders.\n\nTell us\, O Jews\, where is Jesus\, who
 m you have thought to guard?* Where is He whom you placed in the grave\, s
 ealing it with the stone?* Give back the dead\, you who denied life\;* giv
 e back the buried One or else believe in the Risen One.* Though you keep s
 ilent about the Lord’s Rising\,* the stones cry out aloud\,* above all t
 he one that was rolled away from the tomb.* Great is Your mercy!* Great th
 e mystery of Your dispensation!* Our Saviour\, glory be to You!\n\nTone 5\
 , Glory…\n\nHow wise are Your judgments\, O Christ!* You granted Peter t
 he understanding of Your resurrection by the burial wrappings alone.* Even
  though You accompanied Luke and Cleopas and conversed with them\,* yet Yo
 u did not reveal Yourself.* You were taunted by them as though You alone w
 ere a stranger in Jerusalem\,* not knowing what had recently happened ther
 e.* But since You ordained all things for the good of each\,* You explaine
 d to them what the prophets had spoken concerning You.* In the breaking of
  the bread they recognized You* because their hearts were already burning 
 with the desire to know You.* When they came together with the disciples\,
 * they proclaimed openly Your divine resurrection* by which we ask that Yo
 u have mercy upon us.\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 out\,* Eve set free\, Death p
 ut 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 t
 his your good pleasure. Glory to You!\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTrisagion Praye
 rs\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nYou came forth from death\, destroying the ete
 rnal bonds of Hades\, O Lord.* You broke the curse of Death* and thus deli
 vered us from the snares of the Evil One.* Then You appeared to your apost
 les and sent them forth to preach\,* and through them You have bestowed yo
 ur peace upon all the world\,* for You alone are rich in mercy.\n\nInsiste
 nt Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\nAT DIVINE LITURG
 Y ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: When t
 he disciples of the Lord learned from the angel* the glorious news of the 
 resurrection* and cast off the ancestral condemnation\,* they proudly told
  the apostles:* “Death has been plundered!* Christ our God is risen\,* g
 ranting to the world great mercy.”\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the 
 Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: My Saviour and Delivere
 r from the grave* as God raised out of bondage the children of the earth* 
 and shattered the gates of Hades\;* and as Master\, He rose on the third d
 ay.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nTheotokion\, Tone 4: By your bi
 rth\, O immaculate one\,* Joachim and Anna were freed from the reproach of
  childlessness\,* and Adam and Eve* from the corruption of death.* And you
 r people\, redeemed from the guilt of their sins\,* celebrate as they cry 
 out to you:* “The barren one gives birth to the Mother of God* and nouri
 sher of our life.”\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nHow great are Your works\,
  O Lord* You have made all things in wisdom.\n\nverse: Bless the Lord\, O 
 my soul: O Lord my God\, You are exceedingly great. (Psalm 103:24\,1)\n\nE
 pistle\n\nRomans 10:1-10\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: Poise yourself and
  advance in triumph and reign in the cause of truth\, and meekness\, and j
 ustice.\n\nverse: You have loved justice and hated iniquity. (Psalm 44:5\,
 8)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 8:28-9:1\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from
  the heavens\;* praise Him in the highest (Psalm 148:1).* Alleluia\, allel
 uia\,* alleluia.
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