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SUMMARY:Sunday\, November 22\, 2026\; Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost\;
  Octoechos Tone 1\; The Holy Apostle Philemon and those with him.
DESCRIPTION:Post-feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God. Resurrectional
  Gospel 4. Nativity Fast\nJump to: Vespers | Matins | Divine Liturgy\nGREA
 T VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\nKathisma Reading\n\nBlessed is the man... i
 s 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 Lord
 \,* and grant us forgiveness of sins\,* for You alone manifested the resur
 rection* to the world.\n\nThe just shall gather around me* when You have b
 een good to me.\n\nO you people\, walk around Sion and encompass her.* And
  there give glory to Him who is risen from the dead.* For He is our God* w
 ho 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 delivered
  the world* from the deceit of the enemy.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* t
 o the voice of my prayer.\n\nRejoice\, O you heavens\;* sound the trumpets
 \, you foundations of the earth\;* cry out with joy\, O you mountains.* Fo
 r 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\
 nTone 8\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You fo
 rgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nO wonder most glorious!* The Inef
 fable One is now prefigured.* She is known today in visible images* becaus
 e the Divine Light shone forth for the world.* The betrothed is led into t
 he holy temple.* Let us exalt her as the splendid and holy One\,* the ligh
 t-radiating Temple of Christ the Light-Giver.\n\nI have waited for You as 
 You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it ha
 s trusted in the Lord.\n\nThe wise Joachim and Anne* offered up a truly ac
 ceptable first fruit\,* the heavenly fruit that God clearly desired to giv
 e to them\,* the handmaiden of God\, the Virgin Mary.* Her tribulations to
 ok away the debt.* Let us praise her and devoutly rejoice* because she is 
 the mediatrix of joy for the whole world.\n\nFrom the morning watch until 
 night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nCome let us mystically gather toge
 ther.* Adorned with the light of faith\,* let us walk before the Virgin* w
 ho now gloriously enters the temple of God.* She is betrothed to Christ\, 
 the King of all.* We celebrate the beautiful feast of her entrance* which 
 is a delight to everyone.\n\nTone 2\, Samohlasnyy [Optional: Podoben “Wh
 en from the tree…”]\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\nO glorious Philemon\,* as a branch of the Living Vine\,* yo
 u have rained the joy of the knowledge of God* upon those who have anguish
  of soul.* You made happy the hearts that were ensnared* and possessed by 
 the darkness of idol worship.* Therefore\, we rejoice and celebrate your G
 od-loving memory.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glo
 ry\, all you people.\n\nO blessed one\, the city of Gaza venerates you\,* 
 since It beheld the light of knowledge through you.* The Colossians hold o
 nto your holy body as a rich possession* which overflows with the grace of
  healing.* Therefore\, O glorious Philemon\, we observe your memory* and a
 re protected from dangers by your prayers.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lo
 rd for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nIn faith let us praise th
 e wise ones\,* the hierarchs Archippus and the precious Apphias.* Let us h
 onour the priestly preachers* and honourable teachers\, Philemon and Onesi
 mus.* They rooted out the cunning of idol worship by preaching* and plante
 d the knowledge of truth* for all who devoutly honour them.\n\nTone 1\, Gl
 ory… \n\nToday let the heavens above greatly rejoice* and let the clouds
  pour down gladness* at the mighty and marvelous acts of our God.* For beh
 old\, the gate that looks towards the East\,* born from a fruitless and ba
 rren womb according to the promise\,* and consecrated to God as his dwelli
 ng\,* is now being brought into the temple as a spotless offering.* Let Da
 vid greatly rejoice and play on his harp\, saying:* Virgins shall be broug
 ht to the King after her\;* her companions shall be brought into the ark o
 f the Lord* to be nourished with the life of the incorruptible One* who wa
 s begotten from eternity* for the salvation of our souls.\n\nNow...\n\nLet
  us sing a hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary\,* glory of the whole world!*
  She was herself formed by human seed\,* yet she became the Mother of the 
 Master\, the Gate of heaven\,* the theme of the angels’ hymn and beauty 
 of the faithful.* She was seen as being heavenly* and the Tabernacle of th
 e 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 heaven.* Le
 t 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 ch
 eer\, then\, and have confidence\, O people of God\,* for He will fight ou
 r enemies for us\,* He is all-powerful!\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 1\n\nO Christ
 \, by Your passion we have been freed from suffering\;* and by Your resurr
 ection we have been delivered from corruption.* O Lord\, glory to You!\n\n
 The Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt a
 bout with strength.\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 for mankind\,* has nailed our sins to the Cross\;* He has put De
 ath to death\,* and by raising our fallen forefather\, Adam\,* He has give
 n life to all 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 heaven and earth.* Yet of Your own free will\,* You allowed Yourse
 lf to be crucified because of Your love for mankind.* When You descended b
 elow\,* Hades was filled with bitterness as You confronted it\;* but the s
 ouls of the just received You with great joy.* Adam arose when he saw You\
 , his Creator\, down in the depths.* What a wonder this is!* You are the l
 ife of all and have tasted death* in order to dispel the darkness of the w
 orld with Your light.* O Lord\, risen from the dead\,* glory to You!\n\nHo
 liness befits Your house\, O Lord\, for length of days.\n\nThe myrrh-beari
 ng women were filled with grief* as they hastened with spices to Your tomb
 \;* but they did not find Your most pure body.* Instead\, they found an an
 gel* who proclaimed Your unique and glorious resurrection\,* and commanded
  them to announce to Your apostles:* The Lord is risen\,* granting great m
 ercy to the world.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… \n\nToday the all-Immaculate Virgi
 n* is being escorted into the temple* to become the abode of God\, the Kin
 g of all.* Today\, as a three year old child\,* the most pure holy One is 
 being led into the Holy of Holies.* With the angel\, let us cry out to her
 :* Rejoice\, for you alone are blessed among women.\n\nNow…\n\nWe now be
 hold a new wonder\,* greater than the wonders of old.* For who has ever kn
 own a mother to bear a child without the help of man?* Who has known a mot
 her to hold in her arms the Source of all Creation?* It was God’s own wi
 ll 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 t
 he boldness of a mother.* Therefore\, we venerate you\, and ask you to alw
 ays beseech Him* to have mercy on us and save our souls.\n\nTroparia\n\nTo
 ne 1\n\nThough the stone was sealed by the Judeans* and soldiers guarded Y
 our most pure body\,* You arose\, O Saviour\, on the third day* and gave l
 ife to the world.* And so the heavenly powers cried out to You\, O Giver o
 f Life:* Glory to Your Resurrection\, O Christ!* Glory to Your Kingdom!* G
 lory to Your saving plan!* O only Lover of mankind.\n\nTone 3\, Glory…\n
 \nO holy apostles\, intercede with the all-merciful God\,* that He may gra
 nt us forgiveness of our sins.\n\nTone 4\, Now…\n\nToday is the prelude 
 of the good pleasure of God\,* and the proclamation of salvation for the h
 uman race.* In the Temple of God the Virgin is clearly revealed\,* and bef
 orehand announces Christ to all.* To her\, then\, let us cry aloud with a 
 mighty voice:* Rejoice\, fulfilment of the Creator’s plan.\nAT GREAT MAT
 INS ON SUNDAY MORNING\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod
  the Lord\, Tone 1\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 1\n\nThough the stone was sealed by
  the Judeans* and soldiers guarded Your most pure body\,* You arose\, O Sa
 viour\, 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 Love
 r of mankind.\n\nTone 3\, Glory…\n\nO holy apostles\, intercede with the
  all-merciful God\,* that He may grant us forgiveness of our sins.\n\nTone
  4\, Now…\n\nToday is the prelude of the good pleasure of God\,* and the
  proclamation of salvation for the human race.* In the Temple of God the V
 irgin is clearly revealed\,* and beforehand announces Christ to all.* To h
 er\, then\, let us cry aloud with a mighty voice:* Rejoice\, fulfilment of
  the Creator’s plan.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalms 9\, 10\nStas
 is II: Psalms 11\, 12\, 13\nStasis III: Psalms 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall Litan
 y\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 1\n\nWhile watching Your grave\, the soldiers b
 ecame as dead men* from the lightning flash of the Angel* who appeared and
  proclaimed to the women the Resurrection.* We glorify You\, the destroyer
  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 hands be li
 fted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nYou were willingly nai
 led 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 smashed its 
 might\;* for gatekeepers of Hades trembled before You\;* You have raised w
 ith You the dead from every age\,* for You alone love mankind.\n\nGlory…
  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 w
 e sinners have you as our protection\;* we have you as our salvation in mi
 sfortunes\,* 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\, Tone 1\n\nThe women came to Your to
 mb at dawn* and seeing a vision of an Angel they trembled\;* the tomb beca
 me resplendent with life\;* and amazed by the miracle\, they returned to t
 he disciples and proclaimed the Resurrection:* for Christ has despoiled Ha
 des\,* as alone almighty and all powerful\,* raising up those in corruptio
 n\,* dispelling the fear of condemnation* by the power of the Cross.\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 Lo
 rd\, You were numbered among the dead\,* arising on the third day\, O Savi
 our\,* raising Adam from corruption\;* wherefore the heavenly Powers cried
  out to You:* O Giver of life\, Glory to Your sufferings\, O Christ\;* glo
 ry to Your Resurrection\;* glory to Your condescension\,* O only Lover of 
 mankind’.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Mary\, holy tabernacle of the Master\,
 * raise us up who have fallen into the pit of wicked despair\, of transgre
 ssions and afflictions\;* for you are the salvation\,* the help and the mi
 ghty protection of sinners\,* and you save your servants.\n\nPolyeleos\n\n
 Evlogitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 1\n\nThe Thief’s repentanc
 e plundered Paradise\,* but the Myrrh-bearers’ lamentations announced th
 e joy that You have risen\, O Christ God\,* granting the world great mercy
 .\n\nHymn of Ascent\, Tone 1\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nWhen I am afflicted\,* I cry
  to You\, O Lord\,* hearken to my pains.\n\nFor those who dwell in the des
 ert* the longing for God never ceases\,* for they are far from the vanity 
 of this world.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTo the Holy Spirit\, as to the Father
  and the Son\,* are due honour and glory\;* thus let us sing to the Trinit
 y\,* a single power.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\nHaving lifted me up to the summit of
  Your laws\,* make me shine with virtues\, O God\,* that I may sing Your p
 raises.\n\nTake me with Your right hand\, O Word\,* guard me and keep me\,
 * lest the fire of sin scorch me.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nIn the Holy Spirit
  all creation is made new* and hastens back to its original condition\;* f
 or He is equal in strength* to the Father and the Word.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nW
 ith those who said to me:* Let us journey to the courts of the Lord\,* my 
 Spirit was gladdened and my heart rejoices.\n\nIn the house of David is gr
 eat fear\;* for when the thrones are set therein\,* all the tribes and nat
 ions of the earth will be judged.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTo the Holy Spirit
  must be offered honor\, adoration\, glory\, and power\,* as befits also t
 he Father and the Son\;* for the Trinity is a Unity\,* one in essence\, bu
 t not in Hypostases.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 1\n\nI myself will arise\, says
  the Lord.* I will grant them the salvation for which they thirst.\n\nvers
 e: The words of the Lord are words without alloy.\n\nLet everything that l
 ives\, Tone 1\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 24:1–12\n\nHymn of Resurrection\n\nPsalm
  50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCanon\, Tone 1\n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: Your warrio
 r hand is glorious in strength\, O deathless one!* All-powerful\, in manne
 r fit for God\,* it broke the enemy in pieces\,* and devised for Israel a 
 strange\, new way through the deep.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O
  Lord.\n\nHe\, who with pure hands divinely working in the beginning forme
 d me from the earth\, 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 your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHe\, who divinely breathi
 ng into me implanted within me a soul\, suffered dissolution for me\, and 
 delivered his soul to death\; loosing the age-old bonds and raising me wit
 h himself\, he made me glorious in incorruption.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, 
 save us.\n\nHail\, fount of grace! Hail\, ladder and gate of heaven! Hail\
 , bearer of the light\, vessel of gold\, mountain unhewn and bearer of Chr
 ist\, the giver of life to the world!\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: You alone\, knowi
 ng the frailty of mortal man\, tenderly took its form\;* gird me with powe
 r from on high\, crying to you:* Holy is the living temple of your pure gl
 ory\,* O Lover of man!\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO G
 ood One\, you are my God\, in pity for the fallen you determined to come d
 own to me\; you have raised me up by your crucifixion\, crying to you: Hol
 y is the Lord of glory\, in goodness beyond compare!\n\nGlory to your holy
  Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Christ divinely existing life as God compassi
 onate you clothed yourself with me\, corrupted one\; coming down to the du
 st of death\, O Lord\, you broke the chains of man’s mortality and on th
 e third day\, rising\, clothed the dead with incorruption.\n\nMost holy Th
 eotokos\, save us.\n\nWhen by the all-holy Spirit\, O Virgin\, you conceiv
 ed God in your womb\, you remained unconsumed by the fire\; for to Moses t
 he lawgiver\, the bush burning yet unconsumed clearly foretold you who rec
 eived the fire unendurable.\n\nOde 4\n\nIrmos: Habbakuk with the foreseein
 g eyes apprehended you\,* the mountain by divine grace overshadowed\,* and
  proclaimed the Holy One of Israel to come forth from you* for our salvati
 on and remaking.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWho is th
 is Saviour that comes from Edom\, crowned with thorns\, with garments redd
 ened\, hanging on a tree? He is the Holy One of Israel for our salvation a
 nd remaking.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nSee\, disobed
 ient people\, and be ashamed! He\, whom you\, as an evildoer\, madly begge
 d Pilate to hang upon the cross\, he\, as belongs to God\, has dissolved t
 he power of death and risen from the tomb.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save u
 s.\n\nO Virgin\, we know you as a tree of life\, for there sprang from you
  not the death-bearing fruit of food for mortal men but fruition of life e
 ternal for the salvation of us who sing to you.\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: O Chris
 t\, you have illumined the ends of the earth* by the brightness of your co
 ming and made them radiant with joy by your cross\;* enlighten with the li
 ght of the knowledge of you* the hearts of those who with right belief sin
 g your praise.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe Jews pu
 t to death on the tree of the cross the great shepherd of the sheep and th
 e Lord\; but he rescued the dead from the power of death\, terrified sheep
  in Hell.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWhen you announc
 ed the glad tidings of peace by your cross and proclaimed deliverance to t
 he captives\, my Saviour\, then\, O Christ\, you put to shame him who held
  them in thrall and by your divine rising showed him naked and destitute.\
 n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nAll-praised\, do not despise the pray
 ers of those who faithfully entreat you but receive and present them\, O p
 ure one\, to your Son\, our God and only benefactor\; for in you we have g
 ained a protector.\n\nOde 6\n\nIrmos: The deepest abyss has surrounded us\
 , there is none to deliver\,* we are counted as sheep for the slaughter\;*
  save your people\, our God\,* for you are the strength and restoring of t
 he weak.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nBy the fault of t
 he first-fashioned man\, O Lord\, we were grievously wounded\; by your str
 ipes\, O Christ\, by which for our sakes you were wounded\, we are healed\
 ; for you are the strength and restoring of the weak.\n\nGlory to your hol
 y Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou have brought us up from Hell\, O Lord\, yo
 u have crushed the all-devouring whale by your might and laid low his stre
 ngth\, O All-powerful\; for you are life and light and resurrection.\n\nMo
 st holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nO pure Virgin\, our forefathers rejoice in
  you\, and regain through you that Eden which they destroyed by transgress
 ions\; for you are chaste before your bearing and after the birth.\n\nKont
 akion\, Tone 1\n\nYou arose in glory from the tomb* and with Yourself You 
 raised the world.* All humanity acclaims You as God\,* and death has vanis
 hed.* Adam exults\, O Master\,* and Eve\, redeemed now from bondage\, crie
 s out for joy:* “You are the One\, O Christ\, Who offer resurrection to 
 all.”\n\nIkos\n\nThe third day arising\, gates of Hell shattering\, the 
 age-long dead raising\, as God of all 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 g
 iver 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 res
 urrection.\n\nOde 7\n\nIrmos: We\, the faithful\, discern you\, Mother of 
 God\, as furnace of intellect:* for as he\, the most highly exalted\, kept
  safe the three children* so in your womb he re-fashioned man wholly\,* Go
 d of our fathers\, praised and glorious above all.\n\nGlory to your holy R
 esurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe earth shuddered with fear\, the sun fled and 
 with it the light darkened\, 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\, praised and glorious above all.\n\nGlory to your hol
 y Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nOf your own will for us you became as one with
  no help and wounded among the dead\, O most highly exalted\, and freed us
  all\; and with your strong hand you raised us up with yourself\, God of o
 ur fathers\, praised and glorious above all.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save
  us.\n\nHail\, spring of ever-living water! Hail\, paradise of delight! Ha
 il\, fortress of the faithful! Hail\, unwedded one! Hail\, joy of all the 
 world from whom has sprung for us the God of our fathers\, praised and glo
 rious above all!\n\nOde 8\n\nIrmos: In the fiery oven as in a smelting fur
 nace* the Israelite children shone bright with the beauty of godliness pur
 er than gold\,* and they said: Bless the Lord\, all his works\,* praise an
 d highly exalt him throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrec
 tion\, O Lord.\n\nO Word of God\, maker and transformer of all by your wil
 l\, changing the shadow of death into everlasting life by your Passion\, w
 e\, all your works\, unceasingly 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 from the grave\, O Christ\, you demolished the d
 estruction and misery within the gates and strongholds of Hell. All your w
 orks unceasingly praise you as Lord\, and highly exalt you throughout all 
 the ages.\n\nMost holy Theotokos\, save us.\n\nLet us sing to her who with
 out seed and above nature brought forth Christ the precious pearl from the
  divine lightning\, and let us say: Bless the Lord\, all his works\, prais
 e and highly exalt him throughout all the ages.\n\nMagnificat\n\nOde 9\n\n
 Irmos: The bush ever burning and never consumed* was the type of your pure
  child-bearing\;* quench now for us the raging furnace of temptations\, we
  pray you\,* that we may unceasingly magnify you\, Mother of God.\n\nGlory
  to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO how the lawless and disobedient 
 people\, devising evil\, made right the accursed and ungodly man and conde
 mned the righteous\, the Lord of glory\, to the tree! Worthily\, we magnif
 y him!\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Saviour\, innocen
 t Lamb\, taking away the sins of the world\, risen on the third day\, we g
 lorify you\, together with the Father and your divine Spirit\; acknowledgi
 ng you as God\, we magnify you\, the Lord of glory.\n\nMost holy Theotokos
 \, save us.\n\nSave your people\, Lord\, whom you purchased with your prec
 ious blood. Grant strength to the king against his enemies\, Lover of man\
 , and bestow peace on your churches through the prayers of the Mother of G
 od.\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light\n\nResplendent wi
 th virtues let us behold the men standing in brilliant clothes inside the 
 grave\, giving life to the saddened myrrh-bearing women. Let us learn of t
 he resurrection of the Lord of heaven and hasten with Peter to the tomb of
  life. Let us stand before His wondrous resurrection and contemplate the m
 arvels of Christ.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Lord\, when You told the myrrh-b
 earing women to rejoice\, You ended the sadness of our first parents\, and
  You brought the joy of the resurrection into the world. Therefore\, O Giv
 er of life by the prayers of the One who gave You birth\, send the light o
 f Your love to shine in our hearts\, that we may cry to You: O Lover of ma
 nkind and our God\, glory to Your resurrection!\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of 
 the Praises\, Tone 1\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this hono
 ur is for all His faithful.\n\nWe sing the praise of Your saving Passion\,
  O Christ\,* and we glorify Your Resurrection.\n\nPraise God in His holy p
 lace\, praise Him in His mighty heavens.\n\nHaving endured the Cross\,* an
 d destroyed death* and risen from the dead\,* grant peace to our lives\, O
  Lord\,* as You alone are All-powerful.\n\nPraise Him for His powerful dee
 ds\,* praise His surpassing greatness.\n\nHaving despoiled Hades* and rais
 ed mankind by Your Resurrection\, O Christ\, * grant that with pure hearts
 * we may praise and glorify You.\n\nO praise Him with sound of trumpet\,* 
 praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nAs we glorify Your divine condescension
 \,* we praise You\, O Christ:* For You were born of a Virgin\,* yet You we
 re not separated from the Father\;* as man You suffered and willingly endu
 red the Cross\;* arising from the grave\, as though coming forth from Your
  bridal chamber\,* that You might save the world.* O Lord\, glory be to Yo
 u!\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and pip
 es.\n\nThe virgins bearing lamps\, who with their light accompany the ever
 -Virgin\,* verily prophesy the future in Spirit.* For the Temple of God\, 
 the Theotokos\, with virginal glory enters* as a little child into the tem
 ple.\n\nO praise Him with resounding cymbals\, praise Him with clashing of
  cymbals.* Let everything that lives and that breathes give praise to the 
 Lord.\n\nThe Theotokos\, glorious fruit of a sacred promise\,* is truly re
 vealed unto the world as higher than all creation.* Piously led into the h
 ouse of God\,* she fulfils the vow of her parents* and she is preserved by
  the Holy Spirit.\n\nShe is led to the King with her maiden companions.\n\
 nO Virgin\, fed in faith by heavenly bread in the temple of the Lord\,* yo
 u have brought forth unto the world the Bread of life that is the Word\;* 
 and as His chosen Temple without spot\, you were betrothed mystically thro
 ugh the Spirit\,* to be the Bride of God the Father.\n\nTone 2\n\nThey are
  escorted amid gladness and joy\; they pass within the palace of the King.
 \n\nToday the Virgin without blemish is led to the temple\,* to become the
  habitation of God the King of all\, who sustains our life.* Today as a th
 ree-year-old victim of sacrifice the most pure Sanctuary is led into the H
 oly of Holies.* To her let us cry out with the angel:* Hail! you who alone
  are blessed among women.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nThe women came early daw
 n to Your tomb\, O Christ\,* but they did not find Your venerable body.* A
 s they were perplexed\, an angel in shining clothes said to them:* Why do 
 you seek the Living among the dead?* He is risen as He foretold.* Have you
  forgotten what He said?* Being assured by the words of the angel\,* the w
 omen preached to the disciples about the things they saw.* But their good 
 news was received with ridicule\;* for the disciples were still without un
 derstanding.* Peter\, however\, hastened to Your tomb and then glorified Y
 our wonders\, O Lord.\n\nIn Tone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly most blessed\
 , O virgin Mother of God.* Through the One who was incarnate of you\,* Had
 es was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wiped out\,* Eve set free\, Deat
 h put to death\,* and we ourselves were brought back to life.* That is why
  we cry out in praise\;* Blessed are You\, O Christ our God\,* who finds i
 n this your good pleasure. Glory to You!\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTrisagion Pr
 ayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nToday salvation has come to the world.* Let
  us sing to Him who is risen from the tomb\,* the Author of Life who has c
 rushed Death by his death* and bestowed on us victory and great mercy.\n\n
 Insistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\nAT DIVINE L
 ITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: Tho
 ugh the stone was sealed by the Judeans\,* and soldiers 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.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Today
  is the prelude of the good pleasure of God\,* and the proclamation of sal
 vation for the human race.* In the Temple of God* the Virgin is clearly re
 vealed\,* and beforehand announces Christ to all.* To her\, then\, let us 
 cry aloud with a mighty voice:* Rejoice\, fulfilment of the Creator’s pl
 an.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKo
 ntakion\, Tone 1: You arose in glory from the tomb* and with Yourself You 
 raised the world.* All humanity acclaims You as God\,* and death has vanis
 hed.* Adam exults\, O Master\,* and Eve\, redeemed now from bondage\, crie
 s out for joy:* “You are the One\, O Christ\, Who offer resurrection to 
 all.”\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: The Sav
 iour’s pure temple\,* the precious bridal chamber and Virgin\,* the sacr
 ed treasury of the glory of God\,* is brought today into the house of the 
 Lord\;* and with her she brings the grace of the divine Spirit.* God’s a
 ngels sing in praise of her:* She is indeed the heavenly dwelling-place.\n
 \nProkeimenon\, Tone 1\n\nLet Your mercy\, O Lord\, be upon us\, as we hav
 e hoped in You.\n\nverse: Rejoice in the Lord\, O you just\; praise befits
  the righteous. (Psalm 32:22\,1)\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nMy soul magnif
 ies the Lord\, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.\n\nEpistle\n\
 nEphesians 5:9-19\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: God gives me vindication\
 , and has subdued peoples under me.\n\nverse: Making great the salvation o
 f the king\, and showing mercy to His anointed\, to David\, and to His pos
 terity forever. (Psalm 17:48\,51)\n\nverse: Hear\, O daughter\, and see\, 
 and incline your ear.\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 12:16-21\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\
 n\nSeeing the entrance of the pure one\, angels marvel in wonder how the V
 irgin could enter the holy of holies\n\nAnd the Irmos\, Tone 4: Let no han
 d of the profane touch God’s living ark\, but instead let the lips of th
 ose who are believers sing out ceaselessly in the words of the angel\, cry
 ing out with great joy to the Mother of God: O pure Virgin\, you are truly
  higher than all.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the heavens\;*
  praise Him in the highest.* I will take the chalice of salvation\;* and I
  will call upon the name of the Lord.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia.
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