BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:611@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261011 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261012 DTSTAMP:20260928T143655Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/sunday-october-11-2026-commemora tion-of-the-holy-fathers-of-the-seventh-ecumenical-council-octoechos-tone- 3-the-holy-apostle-philip-one-of-the-seven-deacons-our-venerable-father-th eophanes-the/ SUMMARY:Sunday\, October 11\, 2026\; Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council\; Octoechos Tone 3\; The Holy Apostle Phili p\, One of the Seven Deacons\; Our Venerable Father Theophanes the Branded \, Composer of Canons. DESCRIPTION:GREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nBlesse d is the man... is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 3\n\nLead my soul forth f rom prison* that I may give thanks to Your name.\n\nBy Your cross\, O Chri st our Saviour\,* the power of Death has been vanquished* and the deceit o f the devil has been destroyed.* Therefore\, mankind\, saved by faith\,* o ffers You hymns of praise forever.\n\nThe just shall gather around me* whe n You have been good to me.\n\nO Lord\, all creation has been enlightened by Your resurrection\,* and paradise has been reopened\;* therefore\, all creation extols You* and offers You hymns of praise forever.\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nI glorify the power of the Father\, Son\, and Holy Spirit\;* and I praise the dominion o f the undivided Divinity\,* the consubstantial Trinity\,* who reigns forev er and ever.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\n We adore Your precious cross\, O Christ\,* and with hymns of praise we glo rify Your resurrection\;* for by Your wounds we have all been healed.\n\nT one 6\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forg iveness is that You may be revered.\n\nTruly the Seven Councils of the Fat hers* although held at various times* were brought together under the cano ns and in good order* by the Patriarch Germanus the New.* By inscribing an d establishing their doctrines* and offering themselves as intercessors wi th the Lord\,* the Fathers are protectors of our salvation* and shepherds of the fold.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul pati ently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nThe Boo k of the Law has truly honoured the seventh day for the Hebrews* who were dispersed in the shadow of the Law and devoted to it.* But you Fathers\, b y your participation in the Seven Councils\,* by the inspiration of God wh o in six days finished this universe* and blessed the seventh day\,* have made it even more honourable by decreeing the bounds of faith.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nYou have give n all\, O thrice-blessed Fathers\,* to know the Father\, the Son\, and the Spirit clearly by their works:* the Trinity who is the cause of the creat ion of the world.* By your mystical speech* you called the first three Cou ncils and then the next four.* You have appeared as champions of the true faith\,* proving that the Trinity is truly the Creator* of the four elemen ts and of the world.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him th ere is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its ini quities.\n\nIt would have sufficed Elisha the Prophet* to bend but once to instil life into the dead son of the servant\,* but he kneeled and bent s even times.* Thus\, in his foreknowledge he prophesied your gathering* thr ough which you revived the Incarnation of the Word of God\,* and humiliate d Arius and his co-workers.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* procla im His glory\, all you people.\n\nIn wisdom\, O venerable Fathers\,* you p atched the garment of Christ* which had been torn by barking dogs\;* for y ou could not possibly bear to see his nakedness\,* like Shem and Japheth o f old\,* who could not bear to see the nakedness of their father.* Thus yo u confounded the foolish Arius* and all those who followed his doctrines.\ n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endur e.\n\nO Fathers\, you are the true shepherds* who expelled from the Saviou r’s fold* the Macedonians and the Nestorians\,* the followers of Ephtech nis and Dioscorus\,* Appolonarius\, Sabellius\, and Severus* because they became devouring wolves hidden in the skins of lambs.* Since you exposed t hese wretched ones\, we truly honour you.\n\nGlory…\n\nLet us honour tod ay those mystical trumpets of the Spirit\,* namely the God-mantled Fathers * who\, speaking of divine things\,* sang in the midst of the Church a hym n in unison\,* teaching that the Trinity is One\,* not differing in Substa nce or Godhead\,* refuting Arius and struggling for the true faith.* They always intercede with the Lord* to have mercy on our souls.\n\nTone 3\, No w…\n\nO Lady most honourable\,* how could we but be rapt in wonder* at y our giving birth to the Incarnate God* who\, without a mother\, was born o f a Father before all ages?* You gave Him birth in the flesh without a fat her\,* without a man’s instrumentality.* He is God and man whose two nat ures are intact\,* neither one losing any of its properties.* Therefore\, O Virgin Mother\,* intercede with Him to save the souls* of those who beli eve and profess in true faith* that you are the Mother of God.\n\nApostich a\n\nTone 3\n\nO Christ\, who darkened the sun by Your passion* and enligh tened all creation by Your resurrection\,* accept our evening prayer\; for You love mankind.\n\nThe Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt about with strength.\n\nO Lord\, Your life-giving res urrection has enlightened the entire universe* and has revived Your creati on which lay in corruption.* Therefore\, we\, who have been released from the curse of Adam\, cry out to You:* Almighty Lord\, glory to You!\n\nFor He has made the world firm\, which shall not be moved.\n\nO God\, although in Your divine nature You are unchangeable\,* yet in Your human nature Yo u underwent change by suffering in the flesh.* All creation was prostrate with fear* when it saw You hanging on the cross\,* and it groaned in sorro w as it sang the praises of Your long-suffering.* But You descended into H ades and arose on the third day\,* granting life and great mercy to the wo rld.\n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\, for length of days.\n\nYou s uffered death\, O Christ\, to deliver mankind from death.* And when You ar ose from the dead on the third day\,* You enlightened the world* and resur rected all who acknowledge You as God.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nCome all yo u people of the true faith\,* let us celebrate today in faith and true wor ship* the anniversary of the God-mantled Fathers* who came together in the splendid city of Nicaea* from the whole inhabited world.* These Fathers\, in the wisdom of their pious minds\,* refuted the impious belief which th e wretched Arius had invented.* They banished him from the universal Churc h by a decree of the Council.* They instructed all to confess openly* that the Son of God is consubstantial and co-eternal with the Father before al l eternity\,* decreeing the same with precision and true worship in the Ca non of Faith.* Therefore\, following their divine doctrines\,* in true fai th let us worship the Father and the Son and the most Holy Spirit\,* the c onsubstantial Trinity in one Godhead.\n\nNow…\n\nO most pure Virgin\, he ar the petitions of your servants.* Remove the burdens which oppress us\,* and deliver us from our sorrows\;* 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 fulfill the supplications of all who\, in faith\, cry out to you:* Rejoice\, O Lady\, helper of all mankind\,* the joy\, the refuge\, and the salvation of our souls.\n\nTrop aria\n\nTone 3\n\nLet the heavens be glad\, let the earth rejoice\,* for t he Lord has done a mighty deed with His arm.* He trampled death by death. He became the first-born of the dead\;* He saved us from the abyss of Hade s* and granted great mercy to the world.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nChrist ou r God\, You are glorified above all\,* You established our fathers as beac ons on earth* and through them guided all of us to the true faith.* Glory to You\, most compassionate Lord.\n\nNow…\n\nO gracious Lord\, for the s ake of mankind You were born of a virgin\;* through Your death on the cros s You conquered death\;* and through Your resurrection You revealed yourse lf as God.* O merciful Lord\, do not disdain those whom You have created w ith Your own hands\,* but show forth Your love for mankind.* Accept the in tercession which the Mother\, who bore You\, makes in our behalf.* O Savio ur\, save Your despairing people!\n\n \;\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDAY MOR NING\n\n \;\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Tone 3\n\nTroparia\, Tone 3\n\nLet the heavens be glad\, let the e arth rejoice\,* for the Lord has done a mighty deed with His arm.* He tram pled death by death. He became the first-born of the dead\;* He saved us f rom the abyss of Hades* and granted great mercy to the world. (2)\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nChrist our God\, You are glorified above all\,* You establ ished our fathers as beacons on earth* and through them guided all of us t o the true faith.* Glory to You\, most compassionate Lord.\n\nNow…\n\nO gracious Lord\, for the sake of mankind You were born of a virgin\;* throu gh Your death on the cross You conquered death\;* and through Your resurre ction You revealed yourself as God.* O merciful Lord\, do not disdain thos e whom You have created with Your own hands\,* but show forth Your love fo r mankind.* Accept the intercession which the Mother\, who bore You\, make s in our behalf.* O Saviour\, save Your despairing people!\n\nPsalter Read ing\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 3\n\nChri st has arisen from the dead\, the first fruits of those that sleep.* The F irst-born of creation and Creator of all that has come to be\,* has renewe d in Himself the corrupted nature of our race.* Death\, no longer is your lord\,* for the Master of all things has destroyed your dominion.\n\nArise \, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poo r to the end.\n\nHaving tasted death in the flesh\, O Lord\,* You have blo tted out the bitterness of death by Your arising* strengthening mankind ag ainst it\, and announcing the abolition of the ancient curse.* Defender of our lives\, O Lord\, glory be to You!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAwed by the b eauty of your virginity* and the exceeding radiance of your purity\,* Gabr iel called out to you\, O Theotokos:* What worthy hymn of praise can I off er to you?* And what shall I name you?* I am in doubt and stand in awe.* W herefore as commanded\, I cry to you:* Rejoice\, O Full of Grace.\n\nPsalt er Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStasis I II: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn II\, Tone 3\n\nA wed by Your immutable Godhead* and by Your voluntary passion\, O Lord\,* H ades lamented: I tremble at Your body’s essence\, which remains incorrup t.* I behold You\, the One who is invisible\, mystically making war agains t me\;* wherefore those whom I hold cry out:* ‘Glory\, O Christ\, to You r Resurrection!’\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of all Your wonders.\n\nWe the faithful contemplate an ineffa ble mystery:* Your incomprehensible Crucifixion and Your inexplicable Aris ing.* For today Death and Hades have been despoiled\,* but mankind has bee n clothed in incorruption.* Wherefore with thanksgiving we cry aloud to Yo u:* Glory\, O Christ\, to Your Resurrection!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nMystica lly did you contain in your womb* the Incomprehensible and Uncircumscribed One\,* consubstantial with the Father and the Spirit\;* and we acknowledg e in your Offspring one unconfused energy of the Trinity Who is glorified in the world.* And so with thanksgiving we cry to you\, ** ‘Rejoice\, O full of grace!’\n\nPolyeleos\n\nEvlogitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 3\n\nA Cause of amazement by his appearance\,* and source of refresh ment by his speech\,* the radiant Angel spoke to the myrrh-bearing women s aying:* Why do you seek the living in a grave?* He has arisen\, emptying t he graves.* Know that the unchangeable One has changed corruption.* Wheref ore cry to God saying\,* ‘How fearful are Your works!* For You have save d mankind.’\n\nHymn of Ascent\, Tone 3\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nYou\, O Word\, d elivered the captivity of Sion from Babylon\,* Deliver me also* from the p assions to life.\n\nThose who sow in the South* with tears inspired by God \,* shall in joy reap sheaves of everlasting life.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nB y the Holy Spirit\,* together with the Father and the Son* shines forth th e reflection of every good gift\,* In Him all things live and have their b eing.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\nExcept the Lord build the house of the virtues\,* i n vain do we labour.* While He protects our soul no one lays waste our cit y.\n\nThe Saints\, O Christ\, fruits of the womb\,* are by the Spirit\, al ways sons to You\,* as You are to the Father.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe Ho ly Spirit is the inspiration of all that is holy and wise\;* for He quicke ns every creature.* Let us worship Him* together with the Father and the S on\, for He is God.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nThose who fear the Lord are blessed* as they walk along the paths of His commandments\;* for they partake of th e life-giving fruit.\n\nBe glad\, Chief Shepherd\,* beholding Your offspri ng around Your table* bearing the branches of good works.\n\nGlory… Now …\n\nIn the Holy Spirit is a superabundance of glory\;* for from Him pro ceeds forth grace and life* into all creation\;* wherefore He is praised t ogether with the Father and the Word.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nProclaim to the nations: God is king. The world He made firm in its place.\n\nverse : O sing a new song to the Lord\, sing to the Lord all the earth.\n\nLet e verything that lives\, Tone 3\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 20:19–31\n\nHymn of Resu rrection\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCanon\, Tone 3\n\nOde 1\n\nI rmos: In time past by his divine command he gathered the waters into one h eap* and divided the sea for the people of Israel:* this is our God\, he i s glorious\,* to him alone we sing\, for he is glorified.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHe condemned the earth to bring forth thor ns\, fruit of the transgressor’s sweat\; he received in the flesh a crow n of thorns from the hands of lawless men : this is our God\, he has done away with the curse\, he is glorified.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\ , O Lord.\n\nHe whom death smote is declared the conqueror who won the vic tory over death\; for taking living flesh subject to suffering\, he wrestl ed with the tyrant and raised up all with himself: he is our God\, he is g lorified.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll nations glorify you\, true Mother of G od\, who seedlessly bore your child\; for he\, our God\, stole down into y our hallowed womb and\, invested with our being\, God and man was born of you.\n\n \;\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: Almighty Lord\,* you brought all things from nothing into being\,* created by the Word\, perfected by the Spirit. * Make me firm in your love.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\ n\nThe ungodly man was brought to shame by your cross\; he dug a pit and o pened it up and fell into it himself\; the horn of the lowly\, O Christ\, is lifted up in your resurrection.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe proclamation of righteousness to the nations as water has cov ered the seas\, O Lover of man\, for you have risen from the grave and rev ealed the splendour of the Trinity.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nGlorious things are spoken of you\, the living city of the King who reigns for ever. For t hrough you\, O Lady\, God dwelt among those on earth.\n\n \;\n\nKondak \, Tone 6\n\nThe Son who ineffably shone from the Father* was born two-fol d of nature from a woman.* Beholding Him\, we do not reject the image of H is form\;* but depicting it\, we revere it faithfully.* Therefore the Chur ch\, holding the true faith\,* kisses the icon of Christ’s becoming man. \n\n \;\n\nOde 4\n\nIrmos: A mighty love you have shown to us\, O Lord \,* for you have given over to death for us your only-begotten Son\;* ther efore we thank you and cry to you:* Glory to your power\, O Lord.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nScars and bruises compassionately bearing\, insult of blows enduring\, long-patient under the spitting\, O C hrist\; through these you have wrought my salvation. Glory to your power\, O Lord.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nLife in mortal bo dy\, you conversed with death for the sake of the misery of the poor and t he sighing of the needy\; and\, destroying the destroyer\, O glorified One \, you raised up all with yourself\, only Lover of man.\n\nGlory… Now… \n\nRemember\, O Christ\, your flock won by your Passion: visit the afflic ted\, accept the compassionate prayers of your Mother glorified and save i t\, O Lord\, by your power.\n\n \;\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: Early I wake to you the Creator of all* and the peace which passes all understanding:* gui de me in your ordinances\,* for they are light.\n\nGlory to your holy Resu rrection\, O Lord.\n\nThrough the envy of the Jews handed over to an unrig hteous judge\, you\, the all-seeing who judges all the earth in righteousn ess\, delivered Adam from the ancient condemnation.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nChrist\, risen from the dead\, grant peace to yo ur churches in the invincible power of your cross\, and save our souls.\n\ nGlory… Now…\n\nYou alone\, the Ever-virgin who received the Word of G od unbounded by the whole creation\, are declared the holy tabernacle wide r than the heavens.\n\n \;\n\nOde 6\n\nIrmos: The deepest abyss of sin s has surrounded me* and my spirit fails me\;* but stretch out your mighty arm\, O Lord my pilot\, as to Peter\,* and save me.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe abyss of mercy and pity has surrounded me i n your tender descent\, O Lord\, for\, made flesh and taking the form of a servant\, you made me as God and glorified me with yourself.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe one who dealt death has undergone death through seeing the One put to death now brought to life: these thing s are the tokens of your Resurrection\, O Christ\, and the rewards of your pure Passion.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nOnly All-pure\, beyond understanding you were mediator between the Creator and man\, pray to your merciful Son for your stumbling servants and be our defender.\n\n \;\n\nKontakion\n \nYou rose from the tomb\, O compassionate Lord\,* and led us out from the gates of death.* Today Adam exults and Eve rejoices\,* and the prophets t ogether with the patriarchs* unceasingly acclaim the divine might of Your power.\n\n \;\n\nIkos\n\nLet heaven and earth dance together today and with one mind sing to Christ God for he has raised from the graves those held in bonds. All creation rejoices together and brings to our Creator an d Redeemer of all its fitting songs. For today\, as giver of life\, with h imself he drew mortal man from Hell and lifts him up to heaven\, he dashes down the pride of the enemy and breaks in pieces the gates of Hell by the divine might of his authority.\n\n \;\n\nOde 7\n\nIrmos: As\, long ag o\, your dew refreshed the three godly children in the Chaldean flames\,* so shine with the enlightening fire of your Godhead* upon us who cry to yo u:* Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrecti on\, O Lord.\n\nThe fair veil of the temple was rent in the cross of the C reator\, clearly announcing the hidden truth in the scriptures to the fait hful who cry to you: Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\nGlory to you r holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWhen your side was pierced\, O Christ\, d rops of your life-giving blood\, flowing from God by divine dispensation\, distilled upon the earth and re-made those born of the earth who cry to y ou: Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\nGlory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit\, the Lord\, now and for ever and ever . Amen.\n\nLet us the faithful glorify the Good Spirit with the Father and the only-begotten Son\, one in three\, as we worship the first cause and one Godhead\, crying: Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\n \;\n\n Ode 8\n\nIrmos: In the unbearable fire\, unharmed by the flames\,* the you ng men\, famed for their fear of God\, stood as one and sang the divine hy mn:* Bless the Lord\, all you his works\,* and exalt him throughout all th e ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe brightness of the temple was rent when your cross was set on Golgotha: all creation bowe d down together and raised the song: Bless the Lord\, all you his works\, and exalt him throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\ , O Lord.\n\nYou have risen\, Christ\, from the grave\, by the divine powe r of the cross you have raised man overthrown by treachery and set him str aight again\, crying out and saying: Bless the Lord\, all you his works\, and exalt him throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou are decla red to be the temple of God\, living resting-place and ark\, for you\, pur e Mother of God\, have reconciled the Creator to mortal man and fittingly we his works sing your praises and exalt you throughout all the ages.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nMagnificat\n\n \;\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: Marvel new and meet for God!* Through the shut gate of the Virgin the Lord surely passes through. * Unclothed in the entering\, flesh bearing in the coming forth* God has a ppeared and the gate remains fast closed.* We magnify her beyond utterance * the Mother of God.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Wor d of God\, awful it is to see you\, the Creator\, hanging on the tree\, Go d suffering in human fashion for the sake of his servants\; while lying li feless in the tomb you yet had loosed the dead from Hell\; for this\, O Ch rist\, we magnify you as almighty.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nLaid dead in the grave\, O Christ\, you saved our forefathers fro m the corruption of death\; you raised the dead and made life to blossom a nd\, leading mortal nature by the hand to the light\, you clothed it with divine incorruptibility\; for this we magnify you\, fountain of ever-livin g light.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTemple and throne of God you are declared t o be\, All-pure\, wherein he who dwells in the highest took up his abode\, born without man and guarding entire the doors of your flesh. Holy One\, by your unceasing prayers bring swiftly the nations in final subjection to our king.\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light\n\nThough the doors were locked\, O Lord\, You entered and filled Your apostles with the Holy Spirit\, and breathing over them\, You gave them Your peace. You said to them: Whose sins you forgive\, they are forgiven\; whose sins you bind\, they are bound. After eight days You showed Thomas Your hands and Your side. With them\, therefore\, we cry to You: You are my Lord and my G od!\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nO divinely inspired Fathers\,* gathered togeth er in the Seventh Council\, pray unceasingly to the Holy Trinity* to save us from every heresy and condemnation* those who praise your holy gatherin g* that they may receive the kingdom of heaven.\n\nNow…\n\nThrough the i ntercession of your holy Mother* and those of the Fathers assembled in the Seventh Council\,* in Your goodness\, O Lord\,* strengthen Your Church an d confirm the faith\;* make us all inhabitants of the kingdom of heaven* w hen You come to earth to judge the whole creation.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 3\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this h onour is for all His faithful.\n\nCome all you nations\,* acknowledge the power of the dread mystery\;* for Christ our Saviour\, the beginningless W ord\,* was crucified for us and was willingly buried* and arose from the d ead to save the whole universe.* Let us worship Him.\n\nPraise God in His holy place\, praise Him in His mighty heavens.\n\nYou guards recounted all the marvels\, O Lord\,* but\, by filling their right hands with money\,* the Sanhedrin of folly thought to conceal Your Resurrection\,* which the w orld glorifies\;* have mercy upon us.\n\nPraise Him for His powerful deeds \,* praise His surpassing greatness.\n\nAll things have been filled with j oy on receiving proof of the Resurrection.* For Mary Magdalene having come to the tomb\,* found an Angel seated upon the stone\,* radiant in shining raiment\, saying:* Why do you seek the living among the dead?* He is not here\, but He has arisen\, as He foretold\,* and goes before you into Gali lee.\n\nO praise Him with sound of trumpet\,* praise Him with lute and har p\;\n\nIn Your light\, O Master and Lover of mankind\,* shall we see light .* For arose from the dead\,* granting salvation to the race of mankind\,* wherefore all creation glorifies You\, the only sinless one\;* have mercy upon us.\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and pipes.\n\nAs a morning hymn\, O Lord\,* the Myrrh-bearing Women offere d You their tears.* For bringing perfumes of sweet fragrances\, they came to Your grave\, eager to anoint Your most pure Body.* An angel seated upon the stone declared to them the good tidings:* Why do you seek the living among the dead?* For He has trampled down death\, He has arisen as God\,* granting to all His great mercy.\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\nA radiant Angel seated by You life-gi ving tomb* spoke to the Myrrh-bearing women saying:* The Redeemer has empt ied the tombs\,* He has despoiled Hades* and has arisen on the third day a s alone God and all-powerful.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted up\, * forget not Your poor ones to the end. \n\nOn the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb seeking You.* When she did not find You\, she lamented and cried out with grief:* Alas\, my Saviour\, ho w have You\, the King of all\, been stolen?* But a pair of radiant Angels from within the sepulchre cried out:* Why do you weep\, woman?* I weep\, s he said\, because they have taken my Lord from the tomb* and I know not wh ere they have laid Him.* Whereupon\, turning back and seeing You\, she at once cried out:* My Lord and my God\, glory be to You!\n\nI will confess Y ou\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell all Your wonders.\n\nThe Hebrews shut Life within the tomb\;* but the Thief opened the Paradise of pure delight with his voice when he cried aloud saying:* The One who was c rucified with me and who was hung with me upon the tree* also appears to m e seated upon a throne together with the Father.* For He is Christ our God \, who has great mercy.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nWhen the holy Fathers gath ered from the ends of the world\,* they believed in one substance and one nature* of the Father\, Son\, and Holy Spirit.* They delivered plainly to the Church the mystery of discoursing in theology.* Therefore\, we honour them in faith and bless them\, saying:* What a divine army\, O God-inspire d soldiers of the camp of the Lord.* O most brilliant luminaries in the he avens\,* you mighty towers of the mystical Sion\,* you scented flowers of Paradise\,* the golden lights of the Word\,* the pride and delight of the whole universe\,* intercede unceasingly for our souls.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\ n\nYou are truly most blessed\, O virgin Mother of God.* Through the One w ho was incarnate of you\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wi ped out\,* Eve set free\, Death put to death\,* and we ourselves were brou ght back to life.* That is why we cry out in praise\;* Blessed are You\, O Christ our God\,* who finds in this your good pleasure. Glory to You!\n\n Great Doxology\n\nTrisagion Prayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nToday salvati on 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 his death* and bestowed on u s victory and great mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n \nGreat Dismissal\n\nAfter the dismissal\, we sing the Gospel Sticheron:\n \nTone 5\, Glory… Now…\n\nIn the fullness of time\, O Christ\,* You ap peared among Your beloved ones on the Sabbath evening.* And through a new wonder\,* You confirmed Your resurrection from the dead* by Your entrance while the doors were closed.* You filled the disciples with joy\,* grantin g them the Holy Spirit* and bestowing on them power to forgive sins.* As f or Thomas\, You did not permit him to drown in the depths of faithlessness .* Therefore\, grant us the knowledge of the truth* and forgiveness of sin s\,* O compassionate Lord.\n\n \;\n\nDIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\ n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 3: Let the heavens be glad\, let the earth rejoice\,* for the Lord has done a mighty deed with His arm. * He trampled death by death. He became the first-born of the dead\;* He s aved us from the abyss of Hades* and granted great mercy to the world.\n\n Troparion\, Tone 8: Christ our God\, You are glorified above all\,* You es tablished our fathers as beacons on  earth* and through them guided all o f us to the true faith.* Glory to You\, most compassionate Lord.\n\nKontak ion\, Tone 3: You rose from the tomb\, O compassionate Lord\,* and led us out from the gates of death.* Today Adam exults and Eve rejoices\,* and th e prophets together with the patriarchs* unceasingly acclaim the divine mi ght of Your power.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Hol y Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 6: The Son who ineffably shone from the Fath er* was born two-fold of nature from a woman.* Beholding Him\, we do not r eject the image of His form\;* but depicting it\, we revere it faithfully. * Therefore the Church\, holding the true faith\,* kisses the icon of Chri st’s becoming man.\n\nNow and forever and ever. Amen.\n\nTheotokion\, To ne 6: Undaunted patroness of Christians\,* O steadfast intermediary with t he Creator\,* turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners\,* but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith.* Be quick to i ntercede\, make haste to plead\,* for you are ever the patroness of those who honour you\, O Mother of God.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nBlessed are Y ou\, Lord God of our fathers\,* and praised and glorified is Your Name for ever.\n\nverse: For You are righteous in everything that You have done to us. (Daniel 3:26-27)\n\nEpistle\n\nHebrews 13:7-16\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\ nverse: The God of gods\, the Lord\, spoke and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.\n\nverse: Gather to Him His devout ones \, who with sacrifice make covenant with Him. (Psalm 49:1\,5)\n\nGospel\n\ nJohn 17:1-13\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the heavens\,* pra ise Him in the highest.* Rejoice in the Lord\, O you just\;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalms 184:1\; 32:1) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Winnipeg X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR