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SUMMARY:Sunday\, May 31\, 2026\; Sunday of All Saints\;
DESCRIPTION:GREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\nKathsima Reading\n\n“Ble
 ssed is the man...” is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\n\nLead my soul f
 orth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nO Christ\, durin
 g this spiritual service\,* we sing to You these evening prayers\,* commem
 orating the mercy You have shown us* by Your resurrection.\n\nThe just sha
 ll gather around me* when You have been good to me.\n\nO Lord\, O Lord\, d
 o not cast us away from Your face\;* but in Your kindness have mercy on us
 * through Your resurrection.\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;*
  O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nRejoice\, O holy Zion\,* the Mother of Churche
 s and the dwelling-place of God\;* for you were the first to receive the f
 orgiveness of sins* through the resurrection.\n\nLet Your ears be attentiv
 e* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nChrist the Word was begotten by God the F
 ather before all ages\;* yet in these latter times\,* He freely willed to 
 take flesh from the Virgin who did not know man.* By His death on the cros
 s and His resurrection\,* He saved mankind from the ancient curse of death
 .\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiven
 ess is that You may be revered.\n\nO Christ\, we glorify Your resurrection
 \;* for by rising from the dead* You freed the race of Adam from the suffe
 rings of Hades\,* and as God You granted eternal life* and great mercy to 
 the world.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patien
 tly relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nGlory to 
 You\, O Christ our Saviour\,* the only-begotten Son of God\;* for You were
  nailed to the cross\,* and then arose from the dead on the third day.\n\n
 Tone 6\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord
 .\n\nThrough faithfulness the disciples of the Lord* became instruments of
  the Spirit* and were scattered to the ends of the earth* to proclaim His 
 sacred word and the doctrine of truth.* From these roots\, an army of Mart
 yrs blossomed forth* by the grace of the Divine Gardener.* By their number
 less torments and by fire\,* they imitated the holy passion of Christ\,* a
 nd now they intercede for our souls.\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\nInflamed by the love of the Lord\,* the venera
 ble Martyrs of Christ despised the fire\;* and being consumed as living co
 als\,* they burned the dried grass of the arrogance of error\;* they bridl
 ed the mouths of the beasts by their prayers\;* and by their beheading\, t
 hey severed the hosts of the enemy.* Having courageously shed their blood\
 ,* they watered the Church with the seed of their faith.\n\nPraise the Lor
 d\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nTruly the h
 eroic Martyrs have wrestled with beasts* and were torn apart by their claw
 s\;* they fell under the edge of the sword* and were mutilated and torture
 d\;* they were thrown into fire and burned alive\,* dismembered and pierce
 d with swords.* All this they bore courageously\,* seeing in advance what 
 was to come:* the unfading crowns and the glory of Christ.* And now they i
 ntercede for our souls.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eterna
 lly will His truth endure.\n\nLet us celebrate with songs of praise* the d
 eeds of all the Saints over all the earth\,* honouring them\, as it is fit
 ting:* the Apostles and Martyrs\,* the Bishops and Holy Women.* While livi
 ng on earth\, they joined with the heavenly spirits\,* and by the grace of
  Christ\,* they received immortality through their sufferings.* They shine
  as bright stars for us\,* and now they intercede for our souls.\n\nGlory
 …\n\nYou are pillars of the Church* and the fulfilment of the Gospel\,* 
 O divine ranks of Martyrs.* By your deeds you have fulfilled the words of 
 the Saviour\;* for through you the gates of Hades\,* once opened against t
 he Church\, have now been closed\;* and through the shedding of your blood
 * you dried up the sacrifices poured out for the idols.* And having built 
 up the faith of believers through your martyrdom\,* you filled the heavenl
 y spirits with admiration.* You stand before Christ\, wearing your crowns\
 ;* intercede with Him for our souls.\n\nTone 8\, Now…\n\nOut of his love
  for mankind* the King of heaven appeared on earth and dwelt with men\,* f
 or He assumed a human body from the pure Virgin* and was seen in the flesh
  He received from her.* He is the One and only God having two natures but 
 not two persons.* Wherefore we profess and declare the truth* that Christ 
 our God is perfect God and perfect Man.* O Mother\, who knew not carnal un
 ion\,* intercede with Him that He may have mercy on our souls.\n\nReadings
 \n\n(1) Isaiah 43:9-14\; (2) Wisdom 3:1-9\; (3) Wisdom 5:15-6:3\n\nLytia\n
 \nTone 1\n\nWith unity of faith\,* let us celebrate a solemn feast of all 
 those* who from the ages have found grace before God.* Let us remember all
  the Saints:* the Patriarchs\, Prophets\, and Apostles of Christ\,* the Ma
 rtyrs\, and the Ascetics of all ages\; *they intercede unceasingly for the
  peace of the world* and for the salvation of our souls.\n\nCome\, O faith
 ful\, let us celebrate\,* with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs\,* the
  glorious memory of all the Saints:* the Baptist of the Lord\, the Apostle
 s and Prophets\,* the Martyrs\, the Bishops\, and the Doctors of the Churc
 h\,* the Blessed ones\, the Ascetics\, and all the Just\,* together with a
 ll the Holy Women.* Let us venerate their blessed memory\,* and together\,
  let us all sing:* O Christ our God and Supreme Goodness\,* through their 
 prayers grant peace to your Church\,* victory over the Enemy\,* and salvat
 ion for our souls.\n\nCome\, let us celebrate the memory of the Saints\,* 
 in the joy of the Holy Spirit\;* for the day of their feast has arrived\,*
  filling us with divine gifts.* With purified conscience\, let us cry out 
 with joy* and let us sing in their honour:* Rejoice\, O choir of Prophets 
 who announce the coming of Christ\,* and who clearly see that which is far
  away.* Rejoice\, O Apostles of the Lord\,* fishermen who gather the whole
  world in your nets.* Rejoice\, O company of Martyrs\, *gathered from all 
 the world in the same profession of faith\;* for this you suffered punishm
 ents and tortures* before receiving the crown of victory.* Rejoice\, O mul
 titude of Holy Fathers\;* by your ascetic effort you subdued the body* and
  put to death the passions of the flesh.* You have been carried in spirit\
 , on the wings of divine love\, to heaven *where you enjoy the eternal ble
 ssings* with the angels whose joy you share.* Therefore\, O Apostles\, Pro
 phets\, and Martyrs\,* together with the Ascetics\,* intercede with the On
 e who crowned you in heaven\,* and pray unceasingly to Him *that He may de
 liver from the Enemy* all those who\, with faith and love\,* celebrate you
 r holy memory.\n\nTone 5\, Glory…\n\nO faithful\, today let us hasten to
  the feast* for a spiritual banquet has been prepared\;* the mystical cup 
 has been filled with the food of joy.* It is the virtue of the Martyrs fro
 m throughout the world* who offered themselves valiantly to God* through t
 he torments they suffered in their bodies\;* and as a· spiritual sacrific
 e\,* they offered the flower of their youthful years:* their heads were cu
 t off\, and their hands were severed\,* their members were mutilated and w
 renched apart.* And together\, all these holy ones* shared in the sufferin
 gs of Christ.* But in exchange for their miseries\,* You have given them c
 rowns in heaven\, O Lord\;* and now in your love for us\,* grant that we m
 ay imitate their virtues.\n\nTone 5\, Now…\n\nO most pure Virgin\,* you 
 are the temple\, the gate\, the palace\, and the throne of the King.* Chri
 st\, our Redeemer and Lord\,* appeared through you to those who slumbered 
 in darkness.* For He\, as the Sun of Righteousness\,* wished to enlighten 
 those whom He created with his own hands* according to his own image.* The
 refore\, O Lady\, whom we always praise in song\,* we beseech you to inter
 cede with Christ for the salvation of our souls\;* for\, as his mother\, y
 ou can approach Him with the greatest confidence.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 8\n
 \nO Jesus\, You descended from heaven* so that You might ascend the cross.
 * O immortal Life\, You came to die.* You are the true light to those who 
 live in darkness\,* and You are the resurrection of the fallen.* Therefore
 \, O Saviour of all\, we glorify You.\n\nThe Lord reigns\, He is clothed i
 n majesty.* Robed is the Lord\, and girt about with strength.\n\nLet us gl
 orify Christ\, the Saviour of our Souls* Who arose from the dead.* For He 
 took upon himself a soul and a body\,* and during His passion He separated
  the one from the other.* His pure soul went down to conquer Hades\,* whil
 e His holy body lay uncorrupted in the grave.\n\nFor He has made the world
  firm.* which shall not be moved.\n\nO Christ\, we glorify Your resurrecti
 on with psalms and hymns.* For by Your victory over death* You delivered u
 s from the sufferings of Hades\,* and as God You granted us eternal life a
 nd great mercy.\n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\,* for length of da
 ys.\n\nO Lord of all\, Creator of heaven and earth\,* You are above all un
 derstanding.* Through Your passion on the cross* You freed us from the suf
 ferings of Hades.* And\, after condescending to be buried\, You arose in g
 lory\;* and with Your mighty arm You also raised up Adam.* O most merciful
  Lord\, we glorify You\;* for by Your resurrection on the third day* You g
 ranted us remission of sins and eternal life.\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nCome
 \, O faithful\, let us exalt with joy:* let us celebrate in faith on this 
 day* the feast of all the Saints\;* and let us venerate their glorious mem
 ory\, saying:* Rejoice\, Apostles\, Prophets\, and Martyrs\,* O Bishops\, 
 O Just and Blessed Ones\,* together with the ranks of the Holy Women.* Int
 ercede with Christ for us\,* that He may grant peace to the world* and gre
 at mercy to our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nChrist the Lord\, our Creator and Rede
 emer\,* came forth from your womb\, O most pure Virgin.* He clothed Himsel
 f in our human flesh* to set us free from the original curse of Adam.* The
 refore\, O Mary\, we praise you\, without ceasing\,* as the true Virgin Mo
 ther of God\,* and we sing with the angels:* Rejoice\, O Lady\, Advocate\,
  Protector\, and salvation of our souls.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 8\n\nYou came
  down from on high\, O Merciful One\,* and accepted three days of burial* 
 to free us from our sufferings.* O Lord\, our life and our resurrection\,*
  glory be to You.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nClothed as in purple and fine li
 nen* with the blood of Your martyrs throughout the world\,* Your Church cr
 ies out to You through them\, O Christ God:* send down Your loving-kindnes
 s on Your people\;* grant peace to Your community\,* and to our souls grea
 t mercy.\n\nNow…\n\nO Mother of God\, the mystery hidden from all eterni
 ty* and unknown even to the angels\,* was revealed through you to those 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 the Cross
  for our sake* and thereby raised again the first created man\,* and saved
  our souls from death.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nUsu
 al Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Tone 8\n\nTrop
 aria\, Tone 8\n\nYou came down from on high\, O Merciful One\,* and accept
 ed three days of burial* to free us from our sufferings.* O Lord\, our lif
 e and our resurrection\,* glory be to You. (2)\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nClo
 thed as in purple and fine linen* with the blood of Your martyrs throughou
 t the world\,* Your Church cries out to You through them\, O Christ God:* 
 send down Your loving-kindness on Your people\;* grant peace to Your commu
 nity\,* and to our souls great mercy.\n\nNow…\n\nO Mother of God\, the m
 ystery hidden from all eternity* and unknown even to the angels\,* was rev
 ealed through you to those on earth:* God took on our human nature* and un
 ited it to His divine nature in a perfect but unconfused union.* Then\, He
  willingly accepted the Cross for our sake* and thereby raised again the f
 irst created man\,* and saved our souls from death.\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\, Tone 8\n\nYou the Life 
 of all\, did rise from the dead\,* and an Angel of light cried out to the 
 women saying:* Cease your tears. Bring the good tidings unto the Apostles.
 * Cry aloud in hymns that Christ the Lord has arisen* who as God was well-
 pleased to save mankind.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lift
 ed on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nWhen You were indeed ris
 en from the tomb* You commanded the holy women to announce the Resurrectio
 n to the Apostles\, as it is written\;* and Peter\, having arrived quickly
 \, stood by the grave* and seeing the light in the tomb was frightened\,* 
 observing the grave clothes lying therein\, without the divine body\,* and
  believing he cried aloud:* Glory be to You O Christ God our Saviour\, who
  has saved us all\,* for You are the radiant splendour of the Father.\n\nG
 lory… Now…\n\nO Good One\, who for our sake was born of the Virgin* an
 d\, having endured crucifixion\, cast down death by death\,* and as God re
 vealed the resurrection:* disdain not that which You have fashioned with Y
 our own hand.* Show forth Your love for mankind\, O Merciful One\;* Accept
  the supplications of the Theotokos who bore You\,* and save Your despairi
 ng people\, O our Saviour!\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasi
 s II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStasis III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany
 \n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 8\n\nArrayed in white and bright like lightning\
 ,* Gabriel came unto the sepulcher of Christ God* and rolled away the ston
 e from the tomb\,* and loosed the seal from the stone.* The soldiers\, sei
 zed with fear\, became as dead men\,* and forsook the tomb\,* O ye lawless
  ones\, be ye now put to shame\,* and know that Christ hath arisen.\n\nI w
 ill confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of all Your 
 wonders.\n\nIn truth\, having arisen from the tomb\,* You sent forth the r
 ighteous women* to preach to the apostles that You had arisen as says the 
 scripture.* Peter then ran with haste and arrived at the sepulchre\,  and
  on seeing the light in the tomb\, he was struck with awe.  Wherefore see
 ing the linen clothes lying alone\,* and Your divine body not laying there
 \,* in fear he cried aloud: Glory be to You\, O Christ God\,* for You are 
 the Saviour of us all\,* You are the effulgence of the Father.\n\nGlory…
  Now…\n\nIn you\, O Full of grace\, does all creation rejoice\,* the ran
 ks of Angels and the race of mankind\;* O all-hallowed Temple and spiritua
 l Paradise\, boast of Virgins.* For from youGod became incarnate* and He w
 ho is our God before the ages became a child.* He has made your womb a thr
 one and rendered it wider than the heavens.* In you\, O Full of grace\, do
 es all creation rejoice\;* glory be to you.\n\nEvlogitaria\n\nSmall Litany
 \n\nHypakoe\, Tone 8\n\nThe myrrh-bearing women standing at the tomb of th
 e Giver of life* seeking the immortal Master among the dead\;* and having 
 received the glad tidings of joy from the Angel* announced to the Apostles
  that Christ the Lord is risen\,* granting the world great mercy.\n\nHymn 
 of Ascent\, Tone 8\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nFrom my youth the enemy tempts me\, en
 flaming me with the desire for pleasures\;* but placing my trust in You O 
 Lord\, I put him to flight.\n\nLet those that hate Sion\,* become like gra
 ss before it is tilled\;* for Christ severs their necks with the sharp bla
 de of torments.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit all things have l
 ife\;* Light from Light\, eminent God:* we hymn Him* together with the Fat
 her and the Word.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\nLet my humble heart be sheltered by the
  fear of You\;* lest it fall away from You by being conceited\,* O exceedi
 ngly compassionate One.\n\nHe who has his hope in the Lord* will not be af
 raid when the Lord judges all things* with fire and torment.\n\nGlory… N
 ow…\n\nEveryone inspired by the Holy Spirit sees all and foretells\,* wo
 rking the greatest wonders\, singing of one God in three Hypostases\;* for
  though the Divinity radiates with triune light\,* it rules as one.\n\nAnt
 iphon 3\n\nI have cried to You\, O Lord\, hearken to me\,* bend Your ear t
 o my supplications when I cry to You\,* and cleanse me before taking me fr
 om this life.\n\nEach and every one who returns to mother earth* will depa
 rt to receive torments or rewards* in reward for their life’s actions.\n
 \nGlory… Now…\n\nContemplation of God by the Holy Spirit is of a thric
 e-holy unity\;* for the Father is beginningless\, from Whom the Son was be
 gotten before time\,* and the Spirit equal in essence and majesty\,* blaze
 s forth equally from the Father.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 8\n\nThe Lord will 
 reign forever\, Sion’s God\, from age to age.\n\nverse: My soul\, give p
 raise to the Lord\; I will praise the Lord all my days.\n\nLet everything 
 that lives\, Tone 8\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 28:16-20\n\nHymn of Resurrection\
 n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCanon\, Tone 8\n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: Whe
 n the wonder-working rod of Moses* smote the sea with the sign of the cros
 s and divided it\,* Pharaoh the charioteer it overthrew in the deep\,* but
  fugitive Israel\, fleeing on foot\, it saved\,* and he raised a glad shou
 t* of praise to God.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHow s
 hould we not wonder at the mighty power of Christ’s divinity? Freedom fr
 om passions and incorruption to all the faithful flow from his Passion\; d
 rop by drop from his holy side a deathless fountain falls\; and from the g
 rave comes life unending.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\n
 How beautiful the angel now reveals himself to the women! Bearing the sign
 s of innate and immaterial purity\, and in his far-shining form revealing 
 the splendour of the resurrection\, he cries: the Lord is risen.\n\nMost h
 oly Theotokos\, save us!\n\nGlorious things are spoken of you\, O Virgin M
 other of God\, from generation to generation\, for\, remaining undefiled\,
  you found room in your womb for God the Word. Therefore\, we honour you a
 s our protector after God.\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to God for
  us.\n\nWhile praising the ranks of Your Saints\, I ask that by their pray
 ers I may be illumined in soul by Your light\; for You are the Unapproacha
 ble Light who by Your beams drives away the darkness of ignorance\, O Chri
 st\, Giver of Light and Word of God.\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray 
 to God for us.\n\nWhen You were lifted up upon the Tree\, You drew to Your
  knowledge the entire lot of the nations\, O Master\, and You illumined it
  with the light of the Holy Trinity through Your holy Apostles\, through w
 hom you dispelled error.\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to God for u
 s.\n\nBeing obedient to Your law\, O Christ\, Your Apostles piously laid a
 side all the things of the earth\; and these glorious ones made the whole 
 world radiant with the light of grace while proclaiming You in an evangeli
 cal manner.\n\nGlory…\n\nRejoicing\, the Martyrs took up Your Cross and 
 unwaveringly imitated Your august Passion. These valiant ones feared neith
 er the threat of the tyrants\, nor fire\, nor sword\, nor stripes\, nor hu
 nger\, nor death.\n\nNow…\n\nManifestly acquiring a manly disposition\, 
 the virgins unwaveringly endured the contests of martyrdom\, O all-pure on
 e. Rejoicing in a godly wise manner\, they were brought after you to your 
 Son\, the King of all\, as is written in the psalms.\n\nKatavasia: I shall
  open my mouth\, and be filled with the Spirit\,* and utter discourse to t
 he Queen and Mother\;* and be seen radiantly keeping festival\,* joyfully 
 praising her wonders.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: In the beginning\, O C
 hrist\, you established the heavens in understanding\,* and founded the ea
 rth upon the waters:* establish me upon the rock of your commandments\,* f
 or none is holy but you\, only Lover of man.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurre
 ction\, O Lord.\n\nThe saving suffering of your flesh\, O Christ\, justifi
 ed Adam\, condemned by the taste of sin\; for as the sinless one you were 
 shown in the trial as owing no debt to death.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurr
 ection\, O Lord.\n\nJesus \, my God\, shed the light of his resurrection u
 pon those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death\; and by his divi
 nity he bound the strong man and seized all his goods.\n\nMost holy Theoto
 kos\, save us!\n\nHigher than Cherubim and Seraphim you are declared to be
 \, Mother of God\, for you alone\, undefiled\, received within your womb t
 he illimitable God. Therefore\, all the faithful ever sing to you and bles
 s you.\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nThe priests 
 and shepherds were clothed with the sacred priesthood\, which they wisely 
 governed and worthily adorned\, O Christ\, for they were truly endowed wit
 h the word of teaching from above.\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to
  God for us.\n\nMade comely with the beauty of that primal creation of bea
 uty\, you appeared as unerring luminaries and made the Church of Christ a 
 Heaven\, O Saints\, adorning it in diverse manners\, each one in his own l
 and.\n\nGlory…\n\nBeing obedient to Your law and made radiant by diverse
  virtues\, the assemblies of the blessed inherited the heavenly mansions r
 ejoicing. For they all worthily performed the virtues\, one accomplishing 
 one\, and another accomplishing another.\n\nNow…\n\nO Mother of God\, fo
 r our sake and from a virginal womb you gave birth to God the Word who cam
 e forth from God\, whom the pure maidens long for in a God-befitting manne
 r\, manifestly following after you to Him.\n\nKatavasia: O Theotokos\, liv
 ing and plentiful fount\,* establish in spiritual fellowship those who sin
 g hymns to you\,* and in your divine glory* grant them crowns of glory.\n\
 n&nbsp\;\n\nSessional Hymns of the Saints\, Tone 8\n\nKeeping feast on the
  holy memorial of the forefathers\,* fathers\, and patriarchs\, apostles\,
  and hierarchs\, and martyrs\,* prophets\, and righteous ones\, the asceti
 cs\, and just\, O Christ God\,* and of every name that is written in Your 
 Book of Life\,* we beseech them all to make intercession\, and we pray:* G
 rant Your world peace through their prayers\, O Lord\,* in that You are th
 e Lover of mankind\,* that we all may cry to You:* O Christ God\, who are 
 glorified in the counsel of Your Saints\,* lo\, You are He who as is meet 
 has now truly glorified their memory.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nLet us all pra
 ise the heavenly gate and ark\,* the most holy mountain\, the radiant clou
 d\, the ladder to Heaven’s heights\,* that true spiritual paradise\, the
  redemption of Eve\, the great treasure of all the world\;* for through he
 r was salvation enacted for all mankind\,* and complete forgiveness and re
 mission of ancient offences.* Thus\, for this cause\, let us all fervently
  cry aloud\, and say to her:* Entreat your Son and our God that He grant f
 orgiveness of transgressions to them* that reverently worship your all-hol
 y Offspring.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 4\n\nIrmos: O Lord\, you are my strength an
 d my might\, you are my God and my joy\;* without leaving the deep recesse
 s of the Father\, you visited our poverty\;* so with Habakkuk the prophet\
 , I cry to you:* Glory to your power\, O Lover of man.\n\nGlory to your ho
 ly Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nMerciful Saviour\, you loved me much when I w
 as at enmity with you\; in strange self-emptying you came to earth\, not r
 ejecting the last recesses of my pride. While remaining still upon the hei
 ghts of your ineffable glory\, you glorified me\, formerly so disgraced.\n
 \nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWho is not amazed\, O Lord\
 , at seeing death done away through sufferings\, corruption take flight th
 rough a cross\, Hell emptied of its possessions through a death? This is t
 he marvellous work of the divine sovereignty of you\, the Crucified One\, 
 O Lover of man.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nBoast of the faithful
 \, Bride unwed\, you are the protection and refuge of Christians\, city wa
 ll and harbour\; for you bring our petitions to your Son and save from dan
 ger those who acknowledge you in faith and love as the pure Mother of God.
 \n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nMade one with Thee
  by love\, and purely and sincerely taking delight in Thee\, the company o
 f Thy Saints doth dance the perpetual dance with the Angels in joy round a
 bout Thee\, O Seer of all things\, God and Lord of all.\n\nAll you Saints 
 of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nO glorious hieromartyrs\, with youthf
 ul vigour\, you put on the crown of the martyrs\, having already been ador
 ned with the divinely-effectual chrism of the priesthood. Wherefore\, O mo
 st noetically rich ones\, having rightly received twofold crowns\, you rej
 oice with Christ eternally.\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to God fo
 r us.\n\nYou truly subjected the whole mind of the flesh to the Spirit\, O
  God-bearers\, when by fasting you utterly weakened its unruly impulses in
  an ascetical manner. And now\, aflame with the light of passionlessness\,
  you have received the rewards of your labours.\n\nGlory…\n\nAs Martyrs 
 of Christ\, the First Martyr\, you collectively endured torments with grea
 t steadfastness\, contesting as though in the bodies of others\, O gloriou
 s ones. And since you have now been shown forth as heirs of the Kingdom\, 
 you pour forth healings for the faithful.\n\nNow…\n\nYou became the Brid
 e of God\, O Birthgiver of God\, since for our sake you gave birth in the 
 flesh to His Word who is from before the ages. In Him women also have live
 d in a holy manner and have through you adorned themselves with diverse co
 ntests\, thereby setting aright the fall of our first mother.\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 thos
 e who cry:* Glory to Your power\, O Christ.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: 
 Why have you thrust me away from the never-setting light of your face\,* s
 o that alien darkness has covered me\, most wretched one?* Turn me back\, 
 I beg you\, and direct my ways* to the light of your commandments.\n\nGlor
 y to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nBefore your Passion\, O Saviour\,
  you allowed yourself to be clothed in the robe of mockery\, thus covering
  the shameful nakedness of man\; and to be nailed naked to the cross while
  putting off the garment of death.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O 
 Lord.\n\nWhen you arose from the dust of death\, O Christ\, you built agai
 n my beggared nature and rendered it immortal\, revealing once again the k
 ingly image\, radiant with the light of incorruption.\n\nMost holy Theotok
 os\, save us!\n\nAs you possess a mother’s boldness before your Son\, Al
 l-pure\, do not refuse your far-seeing care for our race\, we pray you. Fo
 r you alone\, as Christians\, we present to the Lord for gracious favour a
 nd propitiation.\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nLi
 ke the divine Prophets\, you were deemed worthy to behold the things to co
 me which you longed for. In nobility of soul you purified yourselves by an
  august manner of life\, O God-bearers\, being enlightened by the might of
  the Spirit.\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nThe ch
 oir of the Saints is now adorned with divine gifts\, even those who were b
 efore the Law\, as well as the patriarchs\, prophets\, and apostles\, and 
 the assemblies of the martyrs\, ascetics\, and teachers\, and the righteou
 s together with the hieromartyrs.\n\nGlory…\n\nBeholding the company of 
 Your Saints shining today with Your radiance and with unquenchable lamps o
 f grace\, O Saviour\, we unceasingly praise Your divine wealth and bountif
 ul good things\, O Lover of mankind.\n\nNow…\n\nSince the all-modest wom
 en loved thy supremely wondrous Offspring\, they accounted the delights of
  life as naught\, O all-pure one\; for with ardent love they desired His b
 eauty and divine illumination alone.\n\nKatavasia: All creation stands in 
 awe of 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 timel
 ess Son\,* bestowing peace\, upon all who hymn you.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 6\n\
 nIrmos: Be merciful to me\, O Saviour\, for many are my transgressions\;* 
 bring me up from the depths of evil\, I pray you.* For I have cried out to
  you\,* hear me\, O God of my salvation.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrectio
 n\, O Lord.\n\nMightily\, through a tree\, the originating evil overthrew 
 me\; uplifted on the cross\, O Christ\, you cast him down with a greater m
 ight\, putting him to shame and raising me\, the fallen.\n\nGlory to your 
 holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nRising from the tomb in compassion you took
  pity on Zion\, by your divine blood bringing about the new in place of th
 e old\; and now you reign in her\, O Christ\, throughout the ages.\n\nMost
  holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nMay we be rescued from all our grievous stum
 blings by your prayers\, pure Mother of God\, and may we meet with the div
 ine outshining of the Son of God\, ineffably made flesh of you.\n\nAll you
  Saints of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nO Master\, having found You t
 o be a precious\, choice and firmly set cornerstone in Sion\, the Saints\,
  like select stones\, built themselves thereupon\, as though upon an unsha
 kable foundation.\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nW
 hen Your side was pierced\, the drops of blood fell together with the deif
 ying water\, and refashioned the world. And the divine host of all the Sai
 nts addressed You as Benefactor.\n\nGlory…\n\nWe praise most reverently 
 the God-inspired cloud of witnesses\, who by grace were made luminous\, an
 d shine more resplendently in the royal purple of their blood and in the c
 rimson of their steadfast contest.\n\nNow…\n\nWe all know thee to be the
  all-true Mother of God\, through whom the nature of women\, having been g
 iven strength\, contested for Christ\, O all-immaculate one\, and in godly
  manner became filled with every virtue.\n\nKatavasia: Celebrating the div
 ine and solemn feast of the Mother of God\,* O you divinely wise\,* let us
  come\, clapping our hands\,* and glorify God who was born of her.\n\n&nbs
 p\;\n\nKontakion of the Saints\, Tone 8\n\nTo You\, the Planter of creatio
 n\,* the world offers the God-bearing martyrs as the first-fruits of natur
 e.* By their supplications\, preserve Your Church in perfect peace\,* thro
 ugh the Theotokos\, O Greatly-Merciful One.\n\nIkos\n\nThose who have born
 e witness in all the earth and thereby taken up their dwelling in the heav
 ens\, having imitated Christ’s Passion and thereby taken away our passio
 ns\, have assembled here today\, showing that the Church of the first-born
  presents an arch-type of the Church on high\, crying out to Christ: You a
 re my God\, preserve me through the pure Theotokos\, O You who are greatly
  merciful.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 7\n\nIrmos: The fire in Babylon once was put 
 to shame by the descent of God* and the young men danced in the furnace\,*
  with joy in their steps\, as in a grassy meadow\,* and sang: Blessed are 
 you\, the God of our fathers.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.
 \n\nYour glorious abasement and the divine wealth of your beggary\, O Chri
 st\, struck the angels with amazement when they saw you nailed to the cros
 s to save those who cry in faith to you: Blessed are you\, God of our fath
 ers.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nBy your divine descen
 t the lowest depths were filled with light\, and the darkness and torment 
 of former ages driven away. Then those in age-old bonds rose up and cried:
  Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us!\n
 \nIn accordance with orthodox doctrine\, we proclaim you Lord of all\, onl
 y Father of the one\, only-begotten Son\, and we know the one true Spirit 
 proceeding from you\, one with you in nature and co-eternal.\n\nAll you Sa
 ints of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nThe orders of the Saints now enj
 oy godly delight as they unceasingly praise Him who rests in the Saints. R
 ejoicing\, they form a choir and chant: Blessed is the God of our fathers.
 \n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nMade majestically 
 radiant with the divine illuminations of the thrice-resplendent effulgence
 \, the assemblies of the Saints piously speak with divine authority concer
 ning the threefold Unity\, even the co-beginningless Father\, Son\, and Ho
 ly Spirit.\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nWhen You
 \, O God\, shall be seen among gods in Your ineffable glory bestowing due 
 rewards and granting crowns unto each one\, then deem us all worthy to cha
 nt to You: Blessed is the God of our fathers.\n\nGlory…\n\nLet us joyous
 ly sing of the company of all the Saints\, which is composed of every race
 \, rank and way of life\, and let us chant together with them: Blessed is 
 the God of our fathers.\n\nNow…\n\nO all you maidens\, as you together f
 orm a divine choir\, cry out with a great voice: Be glad\, O Mary\, most p
 ure and most holy Birthgiver of God\, who made the Source of Joy to flow f
 orth for us.\n\nKatavasia: Refusing to worship created things in place of 
 the Creator\,* the divinely wise youths bravely trampled down the threaten
 ing fire* and rejoicing they sang aloud:* O supremely hymned Lord and God 
 of our Fathers\, Blessed are You.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 8\n\nIrmos: The Chalda
 ean tyrant in fury kindled the furnace sevenfold for those who feared God\
 ;* then\, as he beheld them saved alive by a mightier power than his\, the
 ir Creator and Redeemer himself\,* he cried: Bless him\, young men\, prais
 e him\, O priests\,* highly exalt him\, O people\, throughout all the ages
 .\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe power supremely divi
 ne of the Godhead of Jesus has shone out in these things: on the cross he 
 tasted death in the flesh for all men\, and he brought to nothing the migh
 t of Hell. Bless him without ceasing\, young men\, praise him\, O priests\
 , highly exalt him\, O people\, throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory to your 
 holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe crucified one arose\, the boastful and 
 vainglorious fell\, the fallen and the broken are restored\, corruption is
  banished\, incorruption has blossomed\, for death is swallowed up by life
 . Bless him\, young men\, praise him\, O priests\, highly exalt him\, O pe
 ople\, throughout all the ages.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nGodhe
 ad of threefold light\, in single radiance shining from one three-personed
  nature\, Begetter without beginning\, Word of the Father’s nature and S
 pirit consubstantial\, co-reigning: bless him\, young men\, praise him\, O
  priests\, exalt him\, O people\, throughout all the ages.\n\nAll you Sain
 ts of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nO martyrs\, prophets\, and apostle
 s\; august assembly of hieromartyrs\, the just\, and the righteous\; divin
 e choir of teachers\, together with the myrrhbearing women\, rejoice as yo
 u chant: Bless Him\, O children\; praise Him\, O priests\; and supremely e
 xalt him O people\, throughout all ages.\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, p
 ray to God for us.\n\nO Saints\, who bear within yourselves the radiance t
 hat transcends the mind\, and filled with divine gladness and joy\, you ar
 e called gods because of your nearness to God\, standing in the presence o
 f the deifying effulgence\, you have been enlightened with the rays of ine
 ffable glory. Supremely exalt Christ throughout all ages.\n\nLet us bless 
 Father\, Son\, Holy Spirit\, the Lord!\n\nHaving appeared as luminaries of
  many lights\, O Saints\, you make radiant the heaven of the Church with v
 arious gifts and diverse beauties\, in righteousness\, chastity\, courage 
 and prudence\, and you cry: Praise Christ\, O priests\, and supremely exal
 t Him\, O people\, throughout all ages.\n\nNow…\n\nO all you godly-minde
 d women who have been perfected in Christ by the Spirit\, as with gladness
  you now encircle the immaculate Virgin and true Mother of God\, who has d
 elivered us from the curse of our first mother Eve\, praise now throughout
  the ages the Fruit that she has borne.\n\nWe praise\, we bless\, and we w
 orship the Lord\, hymning and supremely exalting Him throughout all ages!\
 n\nKatavasia: The Offspring of the Theotokos saved the holy children in th
 e furnace.* He who was then prefigured has now been born on earth\,* and H
 e gathers all creation to hymn you:* all you works praise the Lord and sup
 remely exalt Him throughout all ages.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nMagnificat\n\n&nbsp\;\
 n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: Heaven is amazed and the ends of the earth stricken wit
 h fear* that your womb is become wider than the heavens\, and God is seen 
 bodily by men.* Therefore\, O Mother of God* the ranks of angels and of me
 n magnify you.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWord of God
 \, simple in your nature divine and unoriginate\, by giving existence to f
 lesh and assuming it to yourself you became compound: suffering as a man y
 ou remained beyond suffering as God. Therefore\, we magnify you in the two
  natures\, indivisible and yet without confusion.\n\nGlory to your holy Re
 surrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Most High\, according to the divine essence you 
 are ever one with God as your Father\; but when you took the nature of man
 \, coming down to your servants and rising from the tomb\, you made him\, 
 who is by nature God and Lord\, by grace Father of those born of the earth
 . You with him we magnify.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us!\n\nO Virgin M
 other of God\, you are seen beyond nature bearing in the body that good Wo
 rd which the Father as the One Good uttered from his heart before all ages
 . And we understand him now as being beyond the body\, yet clothed with a 
 body\n\nAll you Saints of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nShielded with 
 hope and love and fenced about with faith\, the gathering of the chosen\, 
 even the foremost witnesses on behalf of the truth\, nobly endured with re
 joicing the tortures and stripes and all the threats of the tyrants\, for 
 they possessed Christ\, who bestows victory in contest.\n\nAll you Saints 
 of the Lord\, pray to God for us.\n\nAs is meet\, let us now acclaim as a 
 haven of salvation the Baptist\, the apostles\, the prophets\, the martyrs
 \, the ascetics\, the divine teachers\, the priests\, the assembly of patr
 iarchs\, the noble hieromartyrs\, the God-loving women\, the righteous and
  the just.\n\nGlory…\n\nSince you have been tried in the fire of temptat
 ions and were not enticed by pleasures\, O glorious saints\, assembling no
 w in the heavens\, the looking glass taken away\, and the shadow covering 
 truth dispelled\, you rejoice sincerely as you stand before the Master’s
  throne of light.\n\nNow…\n\nYou are seen to be the uniter of things whi
 ch were separated\, for through you all have truly become fellow citizens 
 with the angels in the heavens\; and now the ranks of all the Saints bear 
 witness together with them\, as they praise with eternal songs Him whom yo
 u bore\, O Virgin Theotokos.\n\nKatavasia: Let every mortal born on earth\
 , radiant with light\, in spirit leap for joy\;* and let the host of the a
 ngelic powers celebrate and honour the holy feast of the Mother of God\,* 
 and let them cry aloud:* Rejoice! O all-blessed Theotokos\, pure Ever-Virg
 in.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light\n\nTon
 e 1\n\nO faithful\, let us gather with the disciples on the mountain in Ga
 lilee* to behold Christ as He says to them:* I have received all power ove
 r all things on high and those below.* Let us learn how He taught them to 
 baptize all nations* in the name of the Father\, and of the Son\, and of t
 he Holy Spirit\,* and how He promised His disciples* to be present with th
 em to the end of the world.\n\nGlory…\n\nWith hymns let us crown as is m
 eet the Baptist and Forerunner\,* the prophets and apostles with the marty
 rs and wise hierarchs\,* ascetics and hieromartyrs\, the women who loved G
 od* and the just ones and the righteous ones\, with all the ranks of angel
 s\,* and let us pray and make supplication that we may also attain to the 
 glory* which they have with Christ the Saviour.\n\nNow…\n\nO most pure o
 ne\, He who is glorified on high by angels\,* has ineffably descended to u
 s without forsaking the bosom of the Father\;* for you lent flesh to Him f
 rom your pure blood in a manner transcending speech\,* thereby becoming th
 e cause of our salvation.* Beseech Him\, O pure one\, that He grant remiss
 ion of sins* to us your servants.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, 
 Tone 8\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this honour is for all 
 His faithful.\n\nO Lord\, though You stood before the judgment seat* being
  judged by Pilate\,* yet You were seated with the Father* and were not abs
 ent from Your throne.* And risen from the dead You freed the world from sl
 avery to the stranger\,* as You are full of compassionate pity and love fo
 r mankind.\n\nPraise God in His holy place\, praise Him in His mighty heav
 ens.\n\nO Lord\, the Jews laid You as a corpse in a grave\,* and soldiers 
 guarded You as a sleeping king* sealing You with a seal as if a treasury o
 f life\;* but You arose* and grant incorruption to our souls.\n\nPraise Hi
 m for His powerful deeds\,* praise His surpassing greatness.\n\nO Lord\, Y
 ou have given us Your Cross as a weapon against the devil\;* for he quakes
  and trembles\, unable to contemplate Your power\;* for raised the dead an
 d abolished death:* wherefore we worship Your Burial and Your Rising.\n\nO
  praise Him with sound of trumpet\,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nYo
 ur Angel\, O Lord\, having proclaimed Your Resurrection\,* filled the guar
 ds with fear\,* but he cried to the women saying: Why do you seek the livi
 ng among the dead?* Being God He is risen* granting life to the whole worl
 d.’\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and 
 pipes.\n\nYou endured the Cross\, O You who are impassible in Your Divinit
 y\,* to free us from slavery to the enemy* and You accepted burial for thr
 ee days\, making us immortal\,* and granting life unto us through Your Res
 urrection\,* O Christ God\, Lover of mankind.\n\nO praise Him with resound
 ing cymbals\, praise Him with clashing of cymbals.* Let everything that li
 ves and that breathes give praise to the Lord.\n\nO Christ\, I worship\, I
  glorify\, and I praise Your Resurrection from the tomb\,* through which Y
 ou delivered us from the unbreakable bonds of Hades* and as God granted th
 e world eternal life and great mercy.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your 
 hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nThe Lawless
  men\, watching over Your grave* which had received life\, sealed it\;* bu
 t You\, as the immortal and all-powerful God\,* arose on the third day.\n\
 nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of all Y
 our wonders.\n\nWhen You entered the gates of Hades\, O Lord\, and shatter
 ed them\,* the prisoners therein cried aloud:* Who is this? for He has not
  been condemned to the lowest parts of the earth\,* but has torn down the 
 prisons of death as if a tent\,* we received Him as One mortal\, and we tr
 emble before Him as God.* O All-powerful Saviour have mercy on us.\n\nTone
  1\, Glory…\n\nThe Lord appeared to His disciples* who had hastened to t
 he mountain for His ascension from here below\,* and they bowed before Him
 .* They learned of His universal power* and were sent to all the peoples o
 f the earth* to announce His resurrection from the dead* and His return fr
 om earth to heaven.* He also promised to be with them always\,* and His wo
 rd is truth\;* for He is Christ our God\, the Saviour of our souls.\n\nTon
 e 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly most blessed\, O virgin Mother of God.* Thro
 ugh the One who was incarnate of you\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revived\,
  the curse wiped out\,* Eve set free\, Death put to death\,* and we oursel
 ves were brought back to life.* That is why we cry out in praise\;* Blesse
 d are You\, O Christ our God\,* who finds in this your good pleasure. Glor
 y to You!\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTrisagion Prayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\n
 You came forth from death\, destroying the eternal bonds of Hades\, O Lord
 .* You broke the curse of Death* and thus delivered us from the snares of 
 the Evil One.* Then You appeared to your apostles and sent them forth to p
 reach\,* and through them You have bestowed your peace upon all the world\
 ,* for You alone are rich in mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Suppl
 ication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNI
 NG\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: You came down from on h
 igh\, O Merciful One\,* and accepted three days of burial* to free us from
  our sufferings.* O Lord\, our life and our resurrection\,* glory be to Yo
 u!\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Clothed as in purple and fine linen* with the bl
 ood of Your martyrs throughout the world\,* Your Church cries out to You t
 hrough them\, O Christ God:* send down Your loving-kindness on Your people
 \;* grant peace to Your community\,* and to our souls great mercy.\n\nGlor
 y be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for
  ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: O Lord\, Master of nature\,* 
 the world offers You the godly martyrs as the first-fruits of nature.* By 
 their supplications\, through the Mother of God\,* preserve Your Church an
 d Your people in profound peace\,* O most merciful One.\n\nProkeimenon\, T
 one 8\n\nPray and give thanks to the Lord our God.\n\nverse: In Judea God 
 is known\; His name is great in Israel. (Psalm 76:12\,2)\n\nEpistle\n\nHeb
 rews 11:33-12:2\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: The just cried out and the 
 Lord heard them\, and delivered them out of their afflictions.\n\nverse: T
 he afflictions of the just are many\, and out of them all will the Lord de
 liver them. (Psalm 33:18\,20)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 10:32-33\, 37-38\; 19:2
 7-30\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Him i
 n the highest. (Psalm 148:1)* Rejoice in the Lord\, O you just\;* praise b
 efits the righteous. (Psalm 32:1) Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia.
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