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SUMMARY:Sunday\, June 7\, 2026\; Sunday of All Saints of Rus’-Ukraine\; O
 ctoechos Tone 1\; Resurrectional Gospel 2\; The Holy Hieromartyr Theodotus
 \, Bishop of Ancyra.
DESCRIPTION:Apostle’s Fast.\n\nThe official UGCC observance for the Secon
 d Sunday after Pentecost is All Saints of Rus’-Ukraine. An alternate ser
 vice composed for the Saints of Canada may be found here.\n\nGREAT VESPE
 RS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\n“Blessed is the man…” 
 is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\n\nLead my soul forth from prison* that
  I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nAccept our evening prayer\, O holy Lor
 d\,* and grant us forgiveness of sins\,* for You alone manifested the resu
 rrection* to the world.\n\nThe just shall gather around me* when You have 
 been good to me.\n\nO you people\, walk around Sion and encompass her.* An
 d there give glory to Him who is risen from the dead.* For He is our God* 
 who delivers us from our sins.\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\
 ;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nCome you people\, praise and worship Christ.
 * Glorify His resurrection from the dead\;* for He is our God who delivere
 d the world* from the deceit of the enemy.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* 
 to the voice of my prayer.\n\nRejoice\, O you heavens\;* sound the trumpet
 s\, you foundations of the earth\;* cry out with joy\, O you mountains.* F
 or behold\, Emmanuel has nailed our sins to the Cross\;* the Giver of Life
  has put Death to death\;* and the Lover of mankind* has raised up Adam.\n
 \nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness
  is that You may be revered.\n\nLet us praise the Lord* who for our sake w
 as willingly crucified in the flesh.* He suffered\, was buried\, and rose 
 from the dead.* Therefore\, let us sing to Him:* O Christ\, keep Your Chur
 ch in the orthodox faith* and bring peace to our lives\;* for You are grac
 ious and love mankind.\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\nO Christ our God\, as we stand unworthily before Your life-bearing grav
 e\,* we offer a hymn of praise to Your ineffable tenderness of heart.* For
  You\, O Sinless One\,* in Your loving-kindness have accepted the Cross an
 d death* in order to grant* resurrection to the world.\n\nFrom the morning
  watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nLet us praise the Wor
 d* who is without beginning and co-eternal with the Father.* For our sake 
 He was born of the Virgin\;* He freely accepted the Cross and death\, and 
 rose in glory.* Therefore\, let us sing to Him:* Glory to You\, O Lord\,* 
 the Giver of Life and Saviour of our souls.\n\nTone 1\n\nFor with the Lord
  there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He sha
 ll redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nO St. Olga\, morning star of 
 Christ’s gospel proclaimed in the city of Kyiv\,* and St. Volodymyr\, eq
 ual-to-the-Apostles\, Baptizer of Rus’-Ukraine\,* and all holy princes\,
  God-pleasing leaders of our nation!* By your holy lives you opened the do
 ors of divine truth and grace.* You strengthened the Church of Christ in o
 ur Ukrainian lands.* You are our constant protectors and intercessors\, ou
 r honour and glory.* Therefore\, may your names shine forth forever\,* and
  may they be for us an inspiration* to faithfulness and perseverance in th
 e holy faith\,* for the salvation of our souls.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all t
 he nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nAll the choirs of th
 e hierarchs\,* mighty luminaries of the Ukrainian Church!* As faithful fol
 lowers of the apostles and as good shepherds\,* you faithfully preserved t
 he flock entrusted to you\;* you led it along paths of truth* and carefull
 y fed it with spiritual food\,* not hesitating to give up your lives for y
 our sheep.* Therefore\, together with St. Josaphat\, the priest-martyr\,* 
 implore the Chief Shepherd\, Christ God\,* for the Ukrainian nation’s fa
 ithfulness to His commandments* and great mercy for our souls.\n\nStrong i
 s the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nVener
 able fathers of the Monastery of the Caves\, Anthony and Theodosius\,* the
  first flowers of the Ukrainian Church\,* and all the countless righteous 
 ones* who followed after their steps\, dedicating their lives to God!* You
  shine forth as an example of Christian perfection\,* and you teach us by 
 prayer and self-denial* to configure ourselves to Christ God* for the salv
 ation of our souls.* Therefore\, implore the good God\,* that we may be ma
 de worthy of your intercession\,* and that together with you\, through pra
 yer and sacrifice\,* we may obtain for Christ’s Church and our Ukrainian
  nation* mercy and God’s bountiful blessings.\n\nGlory…\n\nO Martyrs a
 nd confessors\,* hierarchs and priests\, religious and laity\,* who\, for 
 the sake of Christ\,* suffered in prisons and labour camps\,* and were bro
 ken in spirit and wasted by beatings\, starvation\, and cold!* Your number
 s and your names are known only to the all-knowing God.* You shed rivers o
 f righteous blood\;* and with your tears bedewed the prison cells and tort
 ure chambers.* Your martyrs’ blood testifies before heaven and earth* to
  your unwavering faith in God.* You are our powerful intercessors* before 
 the throne of the Most High.* Therefore\, with the Mother of God\, implore
  the heavenly Father\,* the Saviour Jesus Christ\, and the Holy Spirit\, t
 he Advocate\,* a continuous blessing upon our Church and nation\,* so that
  they could joyfully and freely* glorify your holy names.\n\nTone 1\, Now
 …\n\nLet us sing a hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary\,* glory of the who
 le world!* She was herself formed by human seed\,* yet she became the Moth
 er of the Master\, the Gate of heaven\,* the theme of the angels’ hymn a
 nd beauty of the faithful.* She was seen as being heavenly* and the Tabern
 acle of the Godhead.* She indeed tore down the wall of enmity between God 
 and man\,* and brought peace in its place.* She opened up the kingdom of h
 eaven.* Let us therefore cling fast to her for she is the anchor of faith\
 ,* and let us receive as our stronghold the Lord Who was born of her.* Be 
 of good cheer\, then\, and have confidence\, O people of God\,* for He wil
 l fight our enemies for us\,* He is all-powerful!\n\nReadings\n\n(1) Sirac
 h 34:13-17\; (2) Wisdom 3:1-9\; (3) Sirach 1:11-21\n\nLytia\n\nTone 2\n\nL
 et us extol today the illustrious and sacred memory* of our first God-insp
 ired rulers and clergy\,* who delivered us from the darkness of idolatry* 
 and brought us to the Sun of Justice\, Christ our God.\n\nMay the supplica
 tions of the ancient righteous ones of the land of Ukraine* and the suffer
 ings of our confessors of the holy Gospel* rise as fragrant incense before
  the throne of the Most High\;* for it is by their sacrifices that the Chu
 rch of Christ in Ukraine* is regenerated and strengthened.\n\nTone 5\, Glo
 ry…\n\nLet a mighty ‘Hosanna’ today resound throughout heaven* and t
 he golden fields of our wide steppes* from the prayerful hearts of the mil
 lions of our faithful* who glorify and thank You\, O gracious and almighty
  God\,* for the most precious gift\, the Christian faith and the tablets o
 f Christian holiness\,* which our ancestors received from Your great goodn
 ess* and passed on to us for the sanctification and salvation of our souls
 .\n\nNow…\n\nYou are the temple\, the gate\, the palace\, and royal thro
 ne\,* O most pure Virgin.* Through you my Saviour\, Christ the Lord\,* app
 eared as the Sun of Justice* to those who were sleeping in darkness\,* des
 iring to enlighten those He had created in His own image.* Therefore\, O a
 ll-gracious One\, with a mother’s confidence\,* pray to Him unceasingly 
 that our souls may be saved.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 1\n\nO Christ\, by Your 
 passion we have been freed from suffering\;* and by Your resurrection we h
 ave been delivered from corruption.* O Lord\, glory to You!\n\nThe Lord re
 igns\, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt about with s
 trength.\n\nLet all creation rejoice\, let the heavens be glad\,* let the 
 nations clap their hands with joy.* For Christ our Saviour\, in His love f
 or mankind\,* has nailed our sins to the Cross\;* He has put Death to deat
 h\,* and by raising our fallen forefather\, Adam\,* He has given life to a
 ll mankind.\n\nFor He has made the world firm\, which shall not be moved.\
 n\nO God\, You are above all understanding\;* You are King and Lord of hea
 ven and earth.* Yet of Your own free will\,* You allowed Yourself to be cr
 ucified because of Your love for mankind.* When You descended below\,* Had
 es was filled with bitterness as You confronted it\;* but the souls of the
  just received You with great joy.* Adam arose when he saw You\, his Creat
 or\, down in the depths.* What a wonder this is!* You are the life of all 
 and have tasted death* in order to dispel the darkness of the world with Y
 our light.* O Lord\, risen from the dead\,* glory to You!\n\nHoliness befi
 ts Your house\, O Lord\, for length of days.\n\nThe myrrh-bearing women we
 re filled with grief* as they hastened with spices to Your tomb\;* but the
 y did not find Your most pure body.* Instead\, they found an angel* who pr
 oclaimed Your unique and glorious resurrection\,* and commanded them to an
 nounce to Your apostles:* The Lord is risen\,* granting great mercy to the
  world.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… \n\nWe glorify the Father\, and the Son\, and
  the Holy Spirit\,* and render thanks to You\, the Triune God of one essen
 ce\,* for the precious treasure which You deigned to give* to our holy pri
 nces and teachers\,* holy priests and monks\, confessors and martyrs for t
 he Church of Christ.* Their struggles are the source of our strength.* The
 refore\, by honouring their memory* we\, together with them\, beseechingly
  cry out:* Lord\, grant that we may all be one\,* that all the children of
  Rus’-Ukraine may extol You* with one heart and one voice\, the only tru
 e God\,* and become worthy of Your eternal bliss* in the light that knows 
 no evening.\n\nNow…\n\nO most pure Virgin\, hear the petitions of your s
 ervants.* Remove the burdens which oppress us\,* and deliver us from our s
 orrows\;* for you are the only firm and constant support on whom we rely.*
  O Mother of God\, never permit us who call upon you* to be overwhelmed by
  our cares.* Hasten to fulfil the supplications of all who\, in faith\, cr
 y out to you:* Rejoice\, O Lady\, helper of all mankind\,* the joy\, the r
 efuge\, and the salvation of our souls.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 1\n\nRejoice\,
  Mother of God\, Virgin Mary\, full of grace\,* The Lord is with you.* Ble
 ssed are you among women\,* and blessed is the fruit of your womb.* For yo
 u have borne Christ\, the Saviour and Redeemer of our souls. (2)\n\nTone 4
 \n\nO you\, who glorified Christ:* princes and bishops\,* monastics and ma
 rtyrs\,* and steadfast confessors of Christian Ukraine throughout all time
 s\,*pray Christ God to look with favour on our people* and to grant them t
 he grace to persevere in the faith* that the souls of prayerful faithful* 
 who revere your sacred memory* may be saved.\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDAY MOR
 NING\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Ton
 e 1\n\nTroparia\n\nThough the stone was sealed by the Judeans* and soldier
 s guarded Your most pure body\,* You arose\, O Saviour\, on the third day*
  and gave life to the world.* And so the heavenly powers cried out to You\
 , O Giver of Life:* Glory to Your Resurrection\, O Christ!* Glory to Your 
 Kingdom!* Glory to Your saving plan!* O only Lover of mankind. (2)\n\nGlor
 y…\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: O you\, who glorified Christ:* princes and bis
 hops\,* monastics and martyrs\,* and steadfast confessors of Christian Ukr
 aine throughout all times\,*pray Christ God to look with favour on our peo
 ple* and to grant them the grace to persevere in the faith* that the souls
  of prayerful faithful* who revere your sacred memory* may be saved.\n\nNo
 w…\n\nTheotokion\, Tone 4: O Mother of God\, the mystery hidden from all
  eternity* and unknown even to the angels\,* was revealed through you to t
 hose on earth:* God took on our human nature* and united it to His divine 
 nature in a perfect but unconfused union.* Then\, He willingly accepted th
 e cross for our sake* and thereby raised again the first created man\,*and
  saved our souls from death.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalms 9\, 10
 \nStasis II: Psalms 11\, 12\, 13\nStasis III: Psalms 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall
  Litany\n\nSessional Hymn I\, Tone 1\n\nWhile watching Your grave\, the so
 ldiers became as dead men* from the lightning flash of the Angel* who appe
 ared and proclaimed to the women the Resurrection.* We glorify You\, the d
 estroyer of corruption\;* we fall down before You\, who has risen from the
  grave* and who alone are our God.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your han
 ds be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nYou were willi
 ngly nailed to the Cross\, O Compassionate one\,* and laid in a tomb as a 
 mortal\, O Giver of life.* By Your death\, O Powerful one\,* You have smas
 hed its might\;* for gatekeepers of Hades trembled before You\;* You have 
 raised with You the dead from every age\,* for You alone love mankind.\n\n
 Glory… Now…\n\nAll we who with love flee for refuge to your goodness* 
 know you to be the Mother of God* and after childbirth still truly Virgin\
 ;* for we sinners have you as our protection\;* we have you as our salvati
 on in misfortunes\,* as the only All-immaculate one.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\
 nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStasis III: Psalms 21
 \, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn II\, Tone 1\n\nThe women came
  to Your tomb at dawn* and seeing a vision of an Angel they trembled\;* th
 e tomb became resplendent with life\;* and amazed by the miracle\, they re
 turned to the disciples and proclaimed the Resurrection:* for Christ has d
 espoiled Hades\,* as alone almighty and all powerful\,* raising up those i
 n corruption\,* dispelling the fear of condemnation* by the power of the C
 ross.\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell 
 of all Your wonders.\n\nO Life of all\, You were nailed to the Cross\;* O 
 immortal Lord\, You were numbered among the dead\,* arising on the third d
 ay\, O Saviour\,* raising Adam from corruption\;* wherefore the heavenly P
 owers cried out to You:* O Giver of life\, Glory to Your sufferings\, O Ch
 rist\;* glory to Your Resurrection\;* glory to Your condescension\,* O onl
 y Lover of mankind’.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Mary\, holy tabernacle of t
 he Master\,* raise us up who have fallen into the pit of wicked despair\, 
 of transgressions and afflictions\;* for you are the salvation\,* the help
  and the mighty protection of sinners\,* and you save your servants.\n\nPo
 lyeleos\n\nExaltation\n\nWe extol you* saints and righteous ones of Rus’
 -Ukraine\,* and we honour your sacred memory\,* for you intercede with Chr
 ist our God for us.\n\nverse: Listen\, all you nations\; pay heed all you 
 inhabitants of the earth!\n\nverse: The just man will flourish like the pa
 lm tree and grow like the cedar of Lebanon.\n\nverse: The just man shall b
 e in everlasting remembrance\; an evil report he shall not fear.\n\nGlory
 … Now…\n\nAlleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Glory be to You\, O God! (3)\n
 \nEvoglitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 1\n\nThe Thief’s repenta
 nce plundered Paradise\,* but the Myrrh-bearers’ lamentations announced 
 the joy that You have risen\, O Christ God\,* granting the world great mer
 cy.\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 4\n\nLet us\, brothers and sisters\, thank th
 e Lord our God with a sincere heart* for the unwavering faith\, the unconq
 uerable fortitude\,* the evangelical patience\, and invincible perseveranc
 e in total self-sacrifice\,* through which He inspired our holy ones and c
 onfessors\,* who became the chosen ones of the heavenly Lamb\,* examples o
 f Christian piety\, and the adornment of Church of Christ* before the whol
 e world\, and the glory of our nation.\n\nHymn of Ascent\, Tone 1\n\nAntip
 hon 1\n\nWhen I am afflicted\,* I cry to You\, O Lord\,* hearken to my pai
 ns.\n\nFor those who dwell in the desert* the longing for God never ceases
 \,* for they are far from the vanity of this world.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\n
 To the Holy Spirit\, as to the Father and the Son\,* are due honour and gl
 ory\;* thus let us sing to the Trinity\,* a single power.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\
 nHaving lifted me up to the summit of Your laws\,* make me shine with virt
 ues\, O God\,* that I may sing Your praises.\n\nTake me with Your right ha
 nd\, O Word\,* guard me and keep me\,* lest the fire of sin scorch me.\n\n
 Glory… Now…\n\nIn the Holy Spirit all creation is made new* and hasten
 s back to its original condition\;* for He is equal in strength* to the Fa
 ther and the Word.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nWith those who said to me:* Let us jou
 rney to the courts of the Lord\,* my Spirit was gladdened and my heart rej
 oices.\n\nIn the house of David is great fear\;* for when the thrones are 
 set therein\,* all the tribes and nations of the earth will be judged.\n\n
 Glory… Now…\n\nTo the Holy Spirit must be offered honor\, adoration\, 
 glory\, and power\,* as befits also the Father and the Son\;* for the Trin
 ity is a Unity\,* one in essence\, but not in Hypostases.\n\nProkeimenon\,
  Tone 1\n\nI myself will arise\, says the Lord.* I will grant them the sal
 vation for which they thirst.\n\nverse: The words of the Lord are words wi
 thout alloy.\n\nLet everything that lives\, Tone 1\n\nGospel\n\nMark 16:1-
 18\n\nHymn of Resurrection\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nUsual Sund
 ay verses\n\nCanon\, Tone 1\n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: Your warrior hand is glorio
 us in strength\, O deathless one!* All-powerful\, in manner fit for God\,*
  it broke the enemy in pieces\,* and devised for Israel a strange\, new wa
 y through the deep.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHe\, w
 ho with pure hands divinely working in the beginning formed me from the ea
 rth\, spread out those hands upon the cross\, and from the earth recalled 
 my corruptible body which he had received from the Virgin.\n\nGlory to you
 r holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHe\, who divinely breathing into me impla
 nted within me a soul\, suffered dissolution for me\, and delivered his so
 ul to death\; loosing the age-old bonds and raising me with himself\, he m
 ade me glorious in incorruption.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHail\, fount of gra
 ce! Hail\, ladder and gate of heaven! Hail\, bearer of the light\, vessel 
 of gold\, mountain unhewn and bearer of Christ\, the giver of life to the 
 world!\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: You alone\, knowing the frailty of mo
 rtal man\, tenderly took its form\;* gird me with power from on high\, cry
 ing to you:* Holy is the living temple of your pure glory\,* O Lover of ma
 n!\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Good One\, you are my
  God\, in pity for the fallen you determined to come down to me\; you have
  raised me up by your crucifixion\, crying to you: Holy is the Lord of glo
 ry\, in goodness beyond compare!\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lo
 rd.\n\nO Christ divinely existing life as God compassionate you clothed yo
 urself with me\, corrupted one\; coming down to the dust of death\, O Lord
 \, you broke the chains of man’s mortality and on the third day\, rising
 \, clothed the dead with incorruption.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWhen by the a
 ll-holy Spirit\, O Virgin\, you conceived God in your womb\, you remained 
 unconsumed by the fire\; for to Moses the lawgiver\, the bush burning yet 
 unconsumed clearly foretold you who received the fire unendurable.\n\n&nbs
 p\;\n\nOde 4\n\nIrmos: Habbakuk with the foreseeing eyes apprehended you\,
 * the mountain by divine grace overshadowed\,* and proclaimed the Holy One
  of Israel to come forth from you* for our salvation and remaking.\n\nGlor
 y to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWho is this Saviour that comes fr
 om Edom\, crowned with thorns\, with garments reddened\, hanging on a tree
 ? He is the Holy One of Israel for our salvation and remaking.\n\nGlory to
  your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nSee\, disobedient people\, and be ash
 amed! He\, whom you\, as an evildoer\, madly begged Pilate to hang upon th
 e cross\, he\, as belongs to God\, has dissolved the power of death and ri
 sen from the tomb.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin\, we know you as a tree 
 of life\, for there sprang from you not the death-bearing fruit of food fo
 r mortal men but fruition of life eternal for the salvation of us who sing
  to you.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: O Christ\, you have illumined the e
 nds of the earth* by the brightness of your coming and made them radiant w
 ith joy by your cross\;* enlighten with the light of the knowledge of you*
  the hearts of those who with right belief sing your praise.\n\nGlory to y
 our holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe Jews put to death on the tree of th
 e cross the great shepherd of the sheep and the Lord\; but he rescued the 
 dead from the power of death\, terrified sheep in Hell.\n\nGlory to your h
 oly Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWhen you announced the glad tidings of peace
  by your cross and proclaimed deliverance to the captives\, my Saviour\, t
 hen\, O Christ\, you put to shame him who held them in thrall and by your 
 divine rising showed him naked and destitute.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll-pr
 aised\, do not despise the prayers of those who faithfully entreat you but
  receive and present them\, O pure one\, to your Son\, our God and only be
 nefactor\; for in you we have gained a protector.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 6\n\nI
 rmos: The deepest abyss has surrounded us\, there is none to deliver\,* we
  are counted as sheep for the slaughter\;* save your people\, our God\,* f
 or you are the strength and restoring of the weak.\n\nGlory to your holy R
 esurrection\, O Lord.\n\nBy the fault of the first-fashioned man\, O Lord\
 , we were grievously wounded\; by your stripes\, O Christ\, by which for o
 ur sakes you were wounded\, we are healed\; for you are the strength and r
 estoring of the weak.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou 
 have brought us up from Hell\, O Lord\, you have crushed the all-devouring
  whale by your might and laid low his strength\, O All-powerful\; for you 
 are life and light and resurrection.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO pure Virgin\,
  our forefathers rejoice in you\, and regain through you that Eden which t
 hey destroyed by transgressions\; for you are chaste before your bearing a
 nd after the birth.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nKontakion\, Tone 1\n\nYou arose in glory
  from the tomb* and with Yourself You raised the world.* All humanity accl
 aims You as God\,* and death has vanished.* Adam exults\, O Master\,* and 
 Eve\, redeemed now from bondage\, cries out for joy:* “You are the One\,
  O Christ\, Who offer resurrection to all.”\n\nIkos\n\nThe third day ari
 sing\, gates of Hell shattering\, the age-long dead raising\, as God of al
 l power to him we sing praises: to the myrrh-bearing women in loving good-
 pleasure appearing\, to those who were foremost\, saying: Rejoice\, joy to
  the apostles proclaiming\, the only giver of life. To disciples in faith 
 then the women proclaim the tokens of victory\, and Hell groans and death 
 laments\, the whole world exults\, all things rejoice together\, for you\,
  O Christ\, have bestowed upon all resurrection.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 7\n\nIr
 mos: We\, the faithful\, discern you\, Mother of God\, as furnace of intel
 lect:* for as he\, the most highly exalted\, kept safe the three children*
  so in your womb he re-fashioned man wholly\,* God of our fathers\, praise
 d and glorious above all.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\n
 The earth shuddered with fear\, the sun fled and with it the light darkene
 d\, the sacred veil of the temple was torn in two and the rocks were split
 \; for the righteous one was fixed to the cross\, God of our fathers\, pra
 ised and glorious above all.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\
 n\nOf your own will for us you became as one with no help and wounded amon
 g the dead\, O most highly exalted\, and freed us all\; and with your stro
 ng hand you raised us up with yourself\, God of our fathers\, praised and 
 glorious above all.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHail\, spring of ever-living wat
 er! Hail\, paradise of delight! Hail\, fortress of the faithful! Hail\, un
 wedded one! Hail\, joy of all the world from whom has sprung for us the Go
 d of our fathers\, praised and glorious above all!\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 8\n\n
 Irmos: In the fiery oven as in a smelting furnace* the Israelite children 
 shone bright with the beauty of godliness purer than gold\,* and they said
 : Bless the Lord\, all his works\,* praise and highly exalt him throughout
  all the ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Word of G
 od\, maker and transformer of all by your will\, changing the shadow of de
 ath into everlasting life by your Passion\, we\, all your works\, unceasin
 gly praise you as Lord\, and highly exalt you throughout all the age ·.\n
 \nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nRising on the third day fro
 m the grave\, O Christ\, you demolished the destruction and misery within 
 the gates and strongholds of Hell. All your works unceasingly praise you a
 s Lord\, and highly exalt you throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory… Now…\
 n\nLet us sing to her who without seed and above nature brought forth Chri
 st the precious pearl from the divine lightning\, and let us say: Bless th
 e Lord\, all his works\, praise and highly exalt him throughout all the ag
 es.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nMagnificat\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: The bush ever b
 urning and never consumed* was the type of your pure child-bearing\;* quen
 ch now for us the raging furnace of temptations\, we pray you\,* that we m
 ay unceasingly magnify you\, Mother of God.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrec
 tion\, O Lord.\n\nO how the lawless and disobedient people\, devising evil
 \, made right the accursed and ungodly man and condemned the righteous\, t
 he Lord of glory\, to the tree! Worthily\, we magnify him!\n\nGlory to you
 r holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Saviour\, innocent Lamb\, taking away t
 he sins of the world\, risen on the third day\, we glorify you\, together 
 with the Father and your divine Spirit\; acknowledging you as God\, we mag
 nify you\, the Lord of glory.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nSave yo
 ur people\, Lord\, whom you purchased with your precious blood. Grant stre
 ngth to the king against his enemies\, Lover of man\, and bestow peace on 
 your churches through the prayers of the Mother of God.\n\nIrmos: Behold a
  new and divine wonder!* Through sealed virgin doors the Lord manifestly e
 nters\;* God enters without a body and leaves with a body\, the doors rema
 ining sealed*. You are this ineffable wonder\, O Mother of God\, and we ex
 tol you.\n\nSaints and righteous ones of Christian Rus’-Ukraine\, pray t
 o God for us!\n\nInspired by the spirit of holy faith and armed with hope 
 in God\, you grew into giants reaching the heavens\, shining forth to all 
 of us as an example of prayer and total self-sacrifice\; for this\, we tod
 ay thank the Lord\, and we cry out: Wondrous is God in His saints!\n\nSain
 ts and righteous ones of Christian Rus’-Ukraine\, pray to God for us!\n\
 nLet us today worthily honour the memory of the first flowers of Christian
 ity in the lands of Rus’-Ukraine and those who have shone forth with her
 oic virtues during the persecution of the faith as true righteous ones of 
 God and witnesses of Gospel of Christ\, for today they pray for the salvat
 ion of our souls in the glory of God.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nGod\, Who inef
 fably and without change became incarnate of you\, has shown you to be the
  temple of light\; He raised upon the cross Adam’s nature\, becoming the
  first-fruits of the dead while remaining God in heaven\, glorified togeth
 er with the Father and the divine Spirit.\n\nKatavasia: Let everyone on ea
 rth dance for joy in spirit.* Let the heavenly ranks celebrate in honour o
 f the sacred feast.* O Mother of God\, let them cry out:* Rejoice\, ever-b
 lessed Theotokos and pure ever-virgin.\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord
 \n\nHymn of Light\, Gospel 2\n\nWhen the myrrh-bearing women saw the stone
  rolled away\, they rejoiced\;* for they saw a young man sitting at the gr
 ave who said to them:* Behold\, Christ is risen!* Say to Peter\, the disci
 ple of the Lord:* Hasten to the mountain in Galilee\;* there you shall see
  Christ* as He had said to His friends.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAt the time 
 of Your conception\, O Lord\,* an angel said to the Virgin: Rejoice!* At t
 he time of Your resurrection* an angel also rolled the stone away from You
 r glorious tomb.* Instead of sadness and death one proclaimed signs of joy
 \;* the other announced You as the Source of life* extolling Your resurrec
 tion to the disciples and the women.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises
 \n\nTone 1\n\nWe sing the praise of Your saving Passion\, O Christ\,* and 
 we glorify Your Resurrection.\n\nHaving endured the Cross\,* and destroyed
  death* and risen from the dead\,* grant peace to our lives\, O Lord\,* as
  You alone are All-powerful.\n\nHaving despoiled Hades* and raised mankind
  by Thy Resurrection\, O Christ\, ** grant that with pure hearts we may pr
 aise and glorify Thee.\n\nAs we glorify Your divine condescension\,* we pr
 aise You\, O Christ:* For You were born of a Virgin\,* yet You were not se
 parated from the Father\;* as man You suffered and willingly endured the C
 ross\;* arising from the grave\, as though coming forth from Your bridal c
 hamber\,* that You might save the world.* O Lord\, glory be to You!\n\nTon
 e 2\n\nRejoice\, O God-wise Olha and Volodymyr\,* for you believed in the 
 triune God\,* Who created\, redeemed\, and continuously sanctifies our hum
 an race* and gives eternal life\, which you now are enjoying in the never-
 setting light of heavenly glory.* We beg and implore you equal-to-the-apos
 tles and God-pleasing saints:* Pray with all the saints and the holy Rus-U
 krainian princes and implore the gracious God\,* that your faith may come 
 alive\, in great power\, in the hearts of your native brethren\,* that we 
 may rejoice with you throughout eternity\,* and together with the Mother o
 f God exalt the loving God.\n\nHoly bishops\, shepherds of the flock of Ch
 rist\, brothers and sisters\,* who magnificently shone forth in ascetic wa
 rfare\,* priests\, God-bearing luminaries in heaven\, and confessors and i
 nvincible martyrs!* You were faithful to God\,* and you glorified the Chri
 stianity of Volodymyr before the whole world.* We extol your struggles\, w
 e bow our heads to you\,* and all together we celebrate your memory\,* for
  you are our inspiration\, our strength and glory!* Pray to the gracious G
 od\,* that our souls may be saved through you.\n\nTone 3\n\nArise\, then\,
  Lord\, lift up Your hand.* O God\, do not forget the poor!\n\nMary Magdal
 ene arrived on the first day of the week* seeking You in the grave.* And w
 hen she did not find You\, she cried out with sighs:* Woe is me\, O my Sav
 iour. How have You been stolen\, O King of all?* From within the grave two
  angels bearing the message of life cried out to her saying:* Woman\, why 
 are you weeping?* She answered: I cry because they have removed my Lord fr
 om the grave\,* and I do not know where they have taken Him.* But as she t
 urned around and saw You\, she said:* My Lord and my God\, glory to You!\n
 \nI will praise You\, Lord\, with all my heart\;* I will recount all Your 
 wonders.\n\nThe soldiers enclosed Life in the tomb\,* but the thief opened
  paradise with his word by saying:* For my sake\, You have been crucified 
 with me and have hung on the tree of the cross\;* You have appeared to me 
 sitting on the throne with the Father.* You are Christ our God Who gives g
 reat mercy to the world.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nThe women came at early d
 awn to Your tomb\, O Christ\,* but they did not find Your venerable body.*
  As they were perplexed\, an angel in shining clothes said to them:* Why d
 o you seek the Living among the dead?* He is risen as He foretold.* Have y
 ou forgotten what He said?* Being assured by the words of the angel\,* the
  women preached to the disciples about the things they saw.* But their goo
 d news was received with ridicule\;* for the disciples were still without 
 understanding.* Peter\, however\, hastened to Your tomb* and then glorifie
 d Your wonders\, O Lord.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly most blessed.
  O virgin Mother of God. Through the One Who was incarnate of you\, Hades 
 was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wiped out\, Eve set free\, Death pu
 t to death\, and we ourselves were brought back to life. That is why we cr
 y out in praise: Blessed are You\, O Christ our God\, Who finds in this Yo
 ur good pleasure. Glory be to You!\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTrisagion Prayers\
 n\nTroparion\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 H
 is death and bestowed victory and great mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLita
 ny of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNI
 NG\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: Though the stone was se
 aled by the Judeans\,* and soldiers guarded Your most pure body\,* You aro
 se\, O Saviour\, on the third day\,* and gave life to the world.* And so t
 he heavenly powers cried out to You\, O Giver of Life:* Glory to Your resu
 rrection\, O Christ!* Glory to Your kingdom!* Glory to Your saving plan\,*
  O only Lover of mankind.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: O you\, who glorified Chr
 ist:* princes and bishops\,* monastics and martyrs\,* and steadfast confes
 sors of Christian Ukraine throughout all times\,*pray Christ God to look w
 ith favour on our people* and to grant them the grace to persevere in the 
 faith* that the souls of prayerful faithful* who revere your sacred memory
 * may be saved.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy S
 pirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 1: You arose in glory from the tomb* and with Y
 ourself You raised the world.* All humanity acclaims You as God\,* and dea
 th has vanished.* Adam exults\, O Master\,* and Eve\, redeemed now from bo
 ndage\, cries out for joy:* “You are the One\, O Christ\, Who offer resu
 rrection to all.”\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Ton
 e 4: You shine as bright beacons\,* O God-inspired and righteous saints of
  our Church.* By your encouraging example\,* you serve communities of fait
 hful throughout the Christian world.* Therefore we humbly bow our heads to
  you* thanking our great and all-gracious God* Who has made you our interc
 essors in heaven* where you pray for our souls.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 1\n\
 nLet Your mercy\, O Lord\, be upon us\, as we have hoped in You.\n\nverse:
  Rejoice in the Lord\, O you just\; praise befits the righteous. (Psalm 32
 :22\,1)\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nPrecious in the sight of the Lord is th
 e death of His venerable ones.\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 2:10-16\; Romans 8:28-
 39\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: God gives me vindication\, and has subdu
 ed peoples under me.\n\nverse: Making great the salvation of the king\, an
 d showing mercy to His anointed\, to David\, and to His posterity forever.
  (Psalm 17:48\,51)\n\nverse: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord\; he sh
 all delight exceedingly in His commandments.\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 4:18-23\
 ; Matthew 5:1-16\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the heavens\;* 
 praise Him in the highest. (Psalm 148:1)* Rejoice in the Lord\, O you just
 \;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 
 32:1)
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