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SUMMARY:Sunday\, October 18\, 2026\; Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost\; 
 Octoechos Tone 4\;  The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke.
DESCRIPTION:Polyeleos Feast. Resurrectional Gospel 10\n\nGREAT VESPERS ON S
 ATURDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\n“Blessed is the man...” is sung
 .\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nLead my soul forth from prison* that I may 
 give thanks to Your name.\n\nWe never cease to adore Your life-giving Cros
 s\, O Christ our God\,* And we glorify Your resurrection on the third day.
 * For You\, Almighty One\, have thereby restored the corrupted nature of a
 ll* and reopened the way to heaven\,* since You alone are gracious and You
  love mankind.\n\nThe just shall gather around me* when You have been good
  to me.\n\nO Saviour\, You have absolved the penalty of disobedience\,* co
 mmitted through the tree of Eden\,* by willingly being nailed to the tree 
 of the cross.* As Almighty God\, You descended into Hades* and broke asund
 er the bonds of death.* We\, therefore\, venerate Your resurrection from t
 he dead\,* and joyfully cry out to You:* Almighty Lord\, glory to You!\n\n
 Out of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nO Lo
 rd\, You have battered down the gates of Hades\,* and by Your death You ha
 ve dissolved the realm of death.* You have freed mankind from corruption\,
 * bestowing life\, incorruption\, and Your great mercy upon the world.\n\n
 Let Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nCome\, all you p
 eople\,* let us sing the praises of our Saviour’s resurrection on the th
 ird day.* For we have\, thereby\, been delivered from the invincible bonds
  of Hades\,* and we have received incorruption\, together with eternal lif
 e.* Therefore\, we cry out to You* after Your crucifixion\, burial\, and r
 esurrection:* Save us by Your resurrection\, for You love mankind.\n\nIf Y
 ou mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is th
 at You may be revered.\n\nWhat shall we call you\, Apostle?* Heaven\, for 
 you have made an account of the glory of God for us.* Lightning\, for you 
 illumine the world with radiance.* A cloud\, for you rain down in a torren
 t the knowledge of God.* A chalice pouring the rich wine of wisdom to glad
 den our hearts:* pray to the Lord that he may save our souls.\n\nI have wa
 ited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your prom
 ise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nWhat shall we call you\, Apostle
 ?* Heaven\, for you have made an account of the glory of God for us.* Ligh
 tning\, for you illumine the world with radiance.* A cloud\, for you rain 
 down in a torrent the knowledge of God.* A chalice pouring the rich wine o
 f wisdom to gladden our hearts:* pray to the Lord that he may save our sou
 ls.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n
 \nHow shall we address you\, chosen of God?* A river\, flowing forth to us
  from paradise?* The ark of the new covenant ratified by Christ our God:* 
 the illuminator\, made radiant by the never-setting light:* the lampstand 
 enlightening the Church:* your words are the bread of life\, the divine ta
 ble\, the cup of joy:* pray to the Lord that He may save 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\nHow shall we ad
 dress you\, chosen of God?* A river\, flowing forth to us from paradise?* 
 The ark of the new covenant ratified by Christ our God:* the illuminator\,
  made radiant by the never-setting light:* the lampstand enlightening the 
 Church:* your words are the bread of life\, the divine table\, the cup of 
 joy:* pray to the Lord that He may save our souls.\n\nPraise the Lord\, al
 l the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nWhat shall we cal
 l you\, God-inspired speaker?* A faithful steward of the mysteries of Chri
 st\,* a servant of the divine tent not made with human hands\,* perfected 
 in the fullness of time by the builder of wisdom\,* He entrusted to you th
 e new law of grace\,* inscribed in Sion on tablets hewn from the rock of l
 ove:* faithful witness\, pray to Him that our souls may be saved.\n\nStron
 g is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nWh
 at shall we call you\, glorious one?* The treasury of heavenly gifts\;* th
 e steadfast physician of our souls and bodies\;* the fellow-labourer of Pa
 ul and his companion in travel and hardship\;* the author of the acts of t
 he apostles.* Luke\, your exceeding goodness has won for you measureless p
 raise:* pray to the Lord that He may save our souls.\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\
 n\nApostle of Christ\, compiler of divine dogmas and foundation of the Chu
 rch.* You were the attendant and imitator of Paul\, the vessel of election
 .* By wisdom you have rescued us from the turmoil of ignorance\,* for our 
 hearts were in the depths of destruction.* Wherefore we beseech you\, most
  admirable Luke\, the pride of Antioch\,* pray to our Saviour and God\,* f
 or those who celebrate your most honourable memory in faith.\n\nTone 4\, N
 ow…\n\nO Mother of God\, because of You* David the Prophet became an anc
 estor of God\;* he foretold and sang a joyous hymn of praise* and cried ou
 t to Him who worked wonders in you:* “The Queen stood at your right hand
 .”* God revealed you as a life-giving mother\,* when He chose to be inca
 rnate of you without a father.* He renewed in man His image* which the pas
 sions had corrupted.* He found the lost sheep in the mountains\,* carried 
 it on His shoulders\,* offered it to the Father\,* generously numbered it 
 among the powers of heaven\,* and saved the whole world\, since He is Chri
 st of great and rich mercy.\n\nReadings\n\n(1) 1 John 1:1-7\; (2) James 1:
 1-12\; (3) Jude 1:1-25\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 4\n\nIn being lifted upon the 
 cross\, O Lord\,* You abolished the curse which we had inherited from our 
 fathers.* By going down into Hades\,* You freed from eternal captivity tho
 se imprisoned there\,* and granted incorruption to mankind.* We\, therefor
 e\, praise Your life-giving and redeeming resurrection.\n\nThe Lord reigns
 \, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt about with stren
 gth.\n\nBy hanging on the cross\, O Almighty One\,* You shook the whole cr
 eation to its foundations.* When You Yourself were laid in the grave\,* Yo
 u raised to life those who had been lying in the graves\,* and You granted
  life and incorruption to mankind.* We\, therefore\, praise and glorify Yo
 ur resurrection on the third day.\n\nFor He has made the world firm\, whic
 h shall not be moved.\n\nO Christ\, the lawless people showed their ingrat
 itude to You\, their Benefactor\,* by delivering You to Pilate who condemn
 ed you to be crucified.* But You willingly suffered death and burial\;* an
 d\, as God\, You rose by Your own power on the third day\,* granting us ev
 erlasting life and great mercy.\n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\, f
 or length of days.\n\nThe women\, shedding bitter tears\, came to see You 
 in Your tomb\;* and not finding Your body\, they lamented\, saying:* O Sav
 iour and King of All\, how were You stolen?* What place holds Your life-be
 aring body?* An angel answered them\, saying:* Do not weep\, but go and pr
 oclaim that the Lord is risen\,* filling our hearts with joy\;* for He alo
 ne is most compassionate.\n\nTone 6\, Glory...\n\nAll-wise Apostle\, faith
 ful labourer of the Saviour\,* witness of the triumph of His passion\, * y
 ou have completed the race\, you have kept the faith\,* harvesting the peo
 ples from the darkness of error\,* offering us as a sweet-smelling oblatio
 n to the heavenly King.* Now you stand before the Judge of all:* pray that
  He may rescue us from our sins and deliver us from eternal death\,* when 
 He comes in glory on the day of judgment.\n\nNow...\n\nChrist the Lord\, o
 ur Creator and Redeemer\,* came forth from your womb\, O most pure Virgin.
 * He clothed Himself in our human flesh* to set us free from the original 
 curse of Adam.* Therefore\, O Mary\, we praise you\, without ceasing\,  
   * as the true Virgin Mother of God\,* and we sing with the angels:* Rej
 oice\, O Lady\, advocate\, protector\, and salvation of our souls.\n\nTrop
 aria\n\nTone 4\n\nWhen the disciples of the Lord learned from the angel* t
 he glorious news of the resurrection* and cast off the ancestral condemnat
 ion\,* they proudly told the apostles:* “Death has been plundered!* Chri
 st our God is risen\,* granting to the world great mercy.”\n\nTone 5\, G
 lory…\n\nLet us praise in sacred hymns the celebrated Luke* herald of th
 e acts of the apostles\,* brightly shining author of the Good News of Chri
 st\,* scribe of things unwritten which he wrote for Christ’s Church.* He
  is a physician for the feeble\,* healing nature’s ailments and the mala
 dies of souls* and he prays unceasingly for all of us.\n\nNow…\n\nRejoic
 e\, O impassable door of the Lord!* Rejoice\, O rampart and protection of 
 those who have recourse to you!* Rejoice\, O tranquil haven and Virgin\,* 
 who gave birth in the flesh to your Maker and God!* Fail not to intercede 
 for those* who sing and worship the Child you bore.\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUN
 DAY MORNING\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lor
 d\, Tone 4\n\nTroparia\, Tone 4\n\nWhen the disciples of the Lord learned 
 from the angel* the glorious news of the resurrection* and cast off the an
 cestral condemnation\,* they proudly told the apostles:* “Death has been
  plundered!* Christ our God is risen\,* granting to the world great mercy.
 ” (2)\n\nTone 5\, Glory…\n\nLet us praise in sacred hymns the celebrat
 ed Luke* herald of the acts of the apostles\,* brightly shining author of 
 the Good News of Christ\,* scribe of things unwritten which he wrote for C
 hrist’s Church.* He is a physician for the feeble\,* healing nature’s 
 ailments and the maladies of souls* and he prays unceasingly for all of us
 .\n\nNow…\n\nRejoice\, O impassable door of the Lord!* Rejoice\, O rampa
 rt and protection of those who have recourse to you!* Rejoice\, O tranquil
  haven and Virgin\,* who gave birth in the flesh to your Maker and God!* F
 ail not to intercede for those* who sing and worship the Child you bore.\n
 \nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalms 9\, 10\nStasis II: Psalms 11\, 12\, 
 13\nStasis III: Psalms 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, To
 ne 4\n\nLooking into the entrance of the tomb\,* the Myrrh-bearing women w
 ere unable to endure the bright radiance of the Angel\,* trembling in awe 
 they said\;* How is it that He who has opened Paradise to the Thief hath b
 een stolen?* How is it that He who before His passion proclaimed His Arisi
 ng has been raised?* Truly Christ God has arisen\, granting those in Hades
  life and resurrection.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifte
 d on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nMortal men laid in a new 
 tomb* the One who through a word established the ends of earth\,* for You\
 , O Saviour\, willingly endured the Cross\,* whereby You conquered the adv
 ersary\, and despoiled death\,* for which cause all those in Hades extol Y
 our life-giving Arising saying* Christ\, the giver of life\, has arisen an
 d abides to the ages.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAs he contemplated that which 
 was beyond nature* Joseph was struck with wonder\, O Theotokos\, at you co
 nception without seed.* He contemplated the mysterious dew upon the fleece
 \,* the bush unburnt by fire\,* Aaron’s rod which budded.* Thus your Bet
 rothed and guardian bore witness and cried to the priests saying:* A Virgi
 n bears a child\,* and after child-birth remains yet a virgin.\n\nPsalter 
 Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStasis III:
  Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 4\n\nO Savio
 ur\, You arose from Hades as immortal\,* raising the world together with Y
 ou by Your might\, O Christ our God.* With strength You have overthrown th
 e dominion of death\,* revealing the Resurrection to all\, O Merciful one.
 * Wherefore we also glorify You\, O only Lover of mankind.\n\nI will confe
 ss You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of all Your wonders.\
 n\nGabriel radiant in white vestments descended from the heights above\,* 
 and approaching the rock upon which the Rock of life was lying\,* cried to
  the weeping women saying:* Cease your cries of lamentation\;* for you hav
 e now obtained merciful compassion.* Take courage\, for the One you seek i
 s truly risen.* Therefore\, cry to the Apostles telling them that the Lord
  has arisen\,* to worship the risen One\;* and having received gladness\, 
 to take courage\, together with Eve.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll the choirs 
 of Angels were struck with wonder\, O Pure Virgin\,* at the awesome myster
 y of your conception.* How can the One who holds all things in place with 
 only a nod\,* now be held in your arms as a man?* How can the Eternal acce
 pt a beginning?* How can the One who nourishes everything that has breath 
 by His ineffable goodness\,* be suckled at your breast?* And upon seeing t
 hese things\, with hymns they glorify you* as truly the Mother of God.\n\n
 Polyeleos\n\nWe magnify you\, * O Apostle of Christ and Evangelist Luke\, 
 * and we honour your pangs and labours\, * which you suffered in the procl
 amation of the Gospel of Christ.\n\nverse: The heavens declare the glory o
 f God\,* and the firmament proclaims His handiwork.\n\nGlory… Now… All
 eluia\, alleluia\, alleluia\, glory be to You\, O God (3).\n\nSmall Litany
 \n\nHypakoe\, Tone 4\n\nThe Myrrh-bearing women hastened to proclaim to th
 e Apostles* the news of Your wondrous Rising\, O Christ:* that as God You 
 have arisen\,* granting the world great mercy.\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 3\
 n\nCome you all\, let us praise the apostle Luke as our helmsman\;* for he
  has abolished the deception of idolatry* and has led men to the light of 
 life* and taught them to believe in the Trinity.* Therefore\, reverently h
 onouring him today\, O faithful\,* let us glorify Christ our God.\n\nWhen 
 you journeyed with Cleopas to the town of Emmaus* after the resurrection\,
  O all-sacred Luke\,* the Lord appeared before you in a veiled manner when
  you were downcast\;* and\, receiving the bread He gave you\,* you straigh
 tway recognized the Saviour.* Entreat Him\, that He grant us great mercy.\
 n\nTone 4\n\nPlying the depths of the noetic sea with the fisher’s rod o
 f wisdom\, O all-blessed Luke\,* you drew forth the souls of the faithful 
 from the deadly abyss.* Therefore\, instructed by Paul\, you purified your
  heart with the radiance of the Spirit\,* enlightening the nations with yo
 ur dogmas\,* and healing the infirmities of the passions with miracles\,* 
 ever praying to Christ God for us\, that our souls be saved.\n\nGlory… N
 ow…\n\nHaving you O Theotokos as our hope and intercession\, * we fear n
 ot the assaults of the adversary\, * for you save our souls.\n\nGradual Hy
 mns\, Tone 4\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nFrom my youth do many passions war against m
 e\;* but do You Yourself defend* and save me\, O my Saviour.\n\nYou haters
  of Sion shall be shamed by the Lord\;* for like grass\, by the fire* shal
 l you be withered.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nIn the Holy Spirit\, every soul i
 s quickened\,* and\, through cleansing\, is exalted* and made radiant* by 
 the Triple Unity in a hidden sacred manner.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\nFrom the dept
 hs of my soul* I have cried to You fervently\, O Lord\;* let Your divine e
 ars be attentive to me.\n\nEveryone who has set their hope in the Lord\,* 
 is higher than all those* who mourn.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spi
 rit* the streams of grace swell up\;* watering all creation* engendering l
 ife.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nLet my heart be raised to You\, O Lord\;* and let no
 ne of the pleasures of the world lure me* to weakness.\n\nAs one that has 
 tender love for one’s mother\;* so should we have even more fervent love
 * for the Lord.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit comes an abundanc
 e of divine knowledge\,* contemplation and wisdom\;* for by Him the Word u
 nveils* all the Father’s teachings.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nArise\, O
  Lord: help us\,* and redeem us for Your name’s sake.\n\nverse: We heard
  with our own ears\, O God\, our fathers have told us the story of the thi
 ngs You did in days long ago.\n\nLet everything that lives\, Tone 4\n\nGos
 pel\n\nJohn 21:1–14\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\, Tone 4\n\nOde 1\n\nIr
 mos: Through the Red Sea\, as on the dry land\,* old Israel passed on with
  unmoistened foot\;* crosswise\, in the wilderness\, Moses held up his arm
 s* and they routed Amalek’s might.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, 
 O Lord.\n\nAs good and all-powerful\, O Lord\, you were lifted up on the i
 mmaculate tree of your cross\, healing by the tree our utter destruction\,
  setting right our defection.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.
 \n\nIn your body in the tomb\, as God with your soul in Hell\, with the Th
 ief in Paradise\, you were yet\, O Christ\, on the throne with the Father 
 and the Spirit\, all things filling\, and infinite.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\n
 You conceived the Son of God without seed\, by the Father’s purpose\, fr
 om the divine Spirit\; you bore in flesh the one from the Father without m
 other: through us\, out of you\, without father.\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: Your C
 hurch\, O Christ\, makes merry in you\, crying aloud:* You are my strength
 \, O Lord\, my refuge\, my firm foundation.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrec
 tion\, O Lord.\n\nThe tree of life\, the true and intellectual vine\, hang
 s upon the cross pouring forth to all the elixir of life.\n\nGlory to Your
  holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nAs a great one and fearful\, demolishing u
 tterly the insolence of Hell\, as God incorruptible\, now you have risen i
 n the flesh.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou only\, O Mother of God\, are the fr
 iend who procures the good things beyond nature for those upon earth and t
 herefore we bring to you our “Hail.”\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2\n\nLet us p
 raise a genuine preacher of piety\, the godly Luke\,* a star of the Church
  and eloquent speaker concerning ineffable mysteries.* For the Word who al
 one knows the human heart* chose him with the wise Paul to teach the genti
 les.\n\nIkos\n\nEnriched with heavenly knowledge by the hand of the Master
 \, you were entrusted with the portion of the gentiles\, O all-praised one
 . Therefore\, setting your life afire with discourse\, O Luke\, you were r
 evealed to be a transmitter of the law to the nations greater than Moses. 
 Through the Spirit you explained the divine Faith\, likening yourself to t
 he divine tablets graven by the finger of God. Therefore\, Christ\, Who al
 one knows our hearts\, has glorified you.\n\nOde 4\n\nIrmos: Seeing you th
 e Sun of Righteousness* lifted high on the cross\,* with good reason your 
 Church stood still in her course and exclaimed:* Glory to your power\, O L
 ord.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou went up on the Cr
 oss\, to the Passion of your pure flesh worn of your own will\, thus heali
 ng my passions. Therefore we cry to you: Glory to your power\, O Lord.\n\n
 Glory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Lord\, death tasted of your
  life-giving\, sinless flesh and deservedly was slain. But we cry to you: 
 Glory to your power\, O Lord.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou bore a child\, O V
 irgin\, without a man\, and after the birth you were discerned as still a 
 virgin\; therefore in faith unwavering we cry in never silent voices: Hail
  to you\, our Lady.\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: Lord\, my light\, you have come int
 o the world\;* O holy light\, turn from the darkness of ignorance all who 
 sing to you in faith.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nIn c
 ompassion\, O Lord\, you came down to the earth\; hanging upon the tree yo
 u raised up the fallen nature of man.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\,
  O Lord.\n\nO Christ\, you bore yourself the reproach of my sins\; you loo
 sed the pangs of death\, Compassionate\, in your holy resurrection.\n\nGlo
 ry… Now…\n\nWe thrust you forward as an unbreakable shield in face of 
 our enemies\; we have gained you\, Bride of God\, as anchor and hope of ou
 r salvation.\n\nOde 6\n\nIrmos: I will sacrifice to you\, O Lord\, with th
 e voice of praise:* so cries your Church to you\,* purified from demons’
  gore* through the blood which flows in pity from your side.\n\nGlory to Y
 our holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nGirded with power you went up on the cr
 oss and came to grips with the tyrant and as God you dashed him down from 
 the heights and raised up Adam with your invincible hand.\n\nGlory to Your
  holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou are risen\, O Christ\, from the tomb i
 n dazzling beauty of lightning flash\, scattering to the winds by your pow
 er divine every one of your enemies. As God you have filled all things wit
 h gladness.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO wonder of all wonders\, newest and str
 angest\, that a virgin\, knowing no man\, conceived in the womb him who ho
 lds the whole universe in his hands and suffered no straitening.\n\nKontak
 ion\, Tone 4\n\nMy Saviour and Deliverer from the grave* as God raised out
  of bondage the children of the earth* and shattered the gates of Hades\;*
  and as Master\, He rose on the third day.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nIkos\n\nToday Chr
 ist\, the giver of life\, has risen from the dead\, come after three days 
 from the tomb\; by his might He has smashed the doors of death\, put Hell 
 to death and crushed death’s sting and Adam with Eve set free. Let all o
 f us born of the earth sing to him\, in thankfulness fervently cry out his
  praise. For he\, the lone strong One\, on the third day as God and as Lor
 d has risen.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 7\n\nIrmos: In a Persian furnace three chil
 dren of Abraham were set on fire* but more than in the flames they blazed 
 in loving desire to God\, and cried:* Blessed are you\, O Lord\,* in the t
 emple of your glory.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWashe
 d in Christ’s divine blood\, mankind has been called to incorruption and
  sings in thanksgiving: Blessed are you\, O Lord\, in the temple of your g
 lory.\n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYour tomb\, O Christ
 \, declares itself life-bearing\, fairer far than Paradise\, more radiant 
 than any kingly hall\, fount of our resurrection.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHa
 il\, tabernacle of the Most High\, hallowed and sacred. Joy is given throu
 gh you\, O Mother of God\, to those who cry to you: Blessed are you amongs
 t women\, All-holy Lady.\n\nOde 8\n\nIrmos: Daniel\, with hands outspread 
 in the den\,* stopped the gaping jaws of the lions\;* the three children\,
  lovers of God\,* clothed in the virtue of godliness\,* quenched the power
  of the fire and sang aloud:* Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\
 n\nGlory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWith hands outspread on th
 e cross\, O Lord\, you gathered together the nations and showed them to be
  one Church praising you\, with those on earth and those in heaven in harm
 ony singing: Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\n\nGlory to Your 
 holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nAs lightning flashing\, in the unapproachab
 le light of the resurrection\, the white-robed angel appeared to the women
  and cried: Why do you seek the living in the tomb as dead? Christ is rise
 n indeed and we cry to him: All you his works\, sing praises to the Lord.\
 n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou alone\, among all the families of the earth\, ar
 e revealed as Mother of God\; wholly without stain\, unharmed by the fire 
 of the unapproachable light\, you became the dwelling-place of the Godhead
 . We all bless you\, therefore\, Mary\, God’s bride.\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: 
 From you\, O Virgin\, the mountain unhewn\,* is taken the stone uncut by h
 uman hands:* Christ the cornerstone\, disparate natures joining together.*
  Therefore\, we rejoice and magnify you\, Mother of God.\n\nGlory to Your 
 holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWholly you have taken me up entire into uni
 on without confusion through your great mercy\, my God\, giving me salvati
 on in full through your suffering endured on the cross in the flesh.\n\nGl
 ory to Your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nGazing upon your opened tomb an
 d upon the linen clothes\, within which God had lain\, left empty by your 
 resurrection\, your disciples said with the angel: The Lord is risen indee
 d.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll we the faithful worship the one divine nature
  but Trinity of persons\; persons unconfounded\, equal in power and equal 
 in honour\, we reverently magnify.\n\nHymn of Light\n\nThe two sons of Zeb
 edee\, with Peter\, Nathaniel\, and Thomas\, and two others were fishing i
 n the Lake of Tiberias. By the command of Christ\, they cast the net on th
 e rightside and drew out many fish. Peter\, recognizing Christ\, came swim
 ming toward Him. This was the third appearance of the Lord after His resur
 rection. Then He shared with them bread and fish from the fire.\n\n&nbsp\;
 \n\nGlory… \n\nO Luke\, apostle of Christ\, initiate of ineffable myster
 ies and teacher of the gentiles: with the godly Paul and the most pure The
 otokos\, whose divine icon thou didst lovingly depict\, pray thou\, O seer
  of God\, on behalf of us who bless thee and celebrate thy sacred repose\,
  O all-wise preacher of the mysteries.\n\nNow…\n\nO Virgin\, pray to the
  Lord Who rose from the tomb on the third day for us Christians who praise
  and bless you with zeal. For we have all taken you as a refuge of salvati
 on and as a mediatrix with Him. For we are your servants\, O Mother of God
 \; we are the people of your house\, and we all await your protection.\n\n
  \n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 4\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-or
 dained:* this honour is for all His faithful.\n\nO all-powerful Lord\,* Wh
 o endured the Cross and death\,* and arose from the dead\,* we glorify You
 r Holy Resurrection.\n\nPraise God in His holy place\, praise Him in His m
 ighty heavens.\n\nBy Your Cross\, O Christ\, You have delivered us from th
 e ancient curse\,* and by Your death You have conquered the devil who tyra
 nnized our nature.* By Your arising You have filled all things with joy\,*
  wherefore we cry to You:* O Lord risen from the dead\, glory be to You!\n
 \nPraise Him for His powerful deeds\,* praise His surpassing greatness.\n\
 nO Christ the Saviour\,* with Your Cross\, guide us to Your truth\,* and d
 eliver us from the snares of the enemy\;* O You who are risen from the dea
 d* raise us also who have fallen through sin\,* by the stretching out of Y
 our hand\,* O Lord\, at the behest of the prayers of Your Saints.\n\nO pra
 ise Him with sound of trumpet\,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nWithou
 t departing from Your Father’s bosom\,* in Your tender compassion\, You 
 descended to earth\,* O Only-begotten Word of God\,* without change becomi
 ng man.* While You are impassible in Your divinity\,* You suffered the Cro
 ss and death in the flesh\;* and rising from the dead You have granted imm
 ortality to the race of mankind\,* as You alone are all-powerful.\n\nTone 
 1\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and pipe
 s.\n\nO faithful\, in hymns let us honour the apostle Luke\,* the disciple
  of Christ\,* the most wise recorder of the Gospel\,* the beautiful chosen
  vessel\,* the animate image\, the boast of all the Churches\;* for he pre
 ached the most glorious miracles of God\,* enlightening those on earth wit
 h the rays of theology* for the sake of righteousness.\n\nO praise Him wit
 h resounding cymbals\, praise Him with clashing of cymbals.* Let everythin
 g that lives and that breathes give praise to the Lord.\n\nLearning the he
 aling of souls more than the skill of healing bodies\, O wise one\,* you w
 ere shown to be excellent at both\,* inspired by the wisdom of God.* And h
 ealing souls and bodies by it\, O all-blessed Luke\,* you call all to know
 ledge\,* taking wing to the desire of God\,* and ever leading mortals into
  heaven\,* praying on behalf of all who praise you.\n\nArise\, O Lord my G
 od\, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\
 n\nWith the hook of the word have you drawn forth like fish to the knowled
 ge of God* those who entered into the abyss of ignorance\,* and you offere
 d to Christ goodly food:* an incorrupt life befitting honour O all-blessed
  and most sacred Luke.* Therefore\, you were an apostle of Christ\,* a wis
 e herald* and extoller of the active workings of grace.\n\nTone 8\n\nI wil
 l confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of all Your wo
 nders.\n\nCome\, all creation\,* and with hymns let us praise the true phy
 sician of souls\,* the ever-memorable Luke\,* the disciple of the Savior\;
 * for with the anointing of the font of Christ he has healed the sickness 
 of ungodliness\,* and with the rivers of the divinely flowing waters of th
 e gospel\,* which proceed from his mouth\,* he has irrigated the living ga
 rden.* Therefore\, his proclamation has gone forth like prophecy throughou
 t all the world\,* and he prays that our souls be saved.\n\nTone 6\, Glory
 …\n\nAfter Your descent into Hades\, O Christ\,* and Your resurrection f
 rom the dead\,* the disciples grieved over Your departure.* They returned 
 to their occupations* and attended to their nets and their boats\,* but th
 eir fishing was in vain.* You appeared to them since You are Lord of all\;
 * You commanded them to cast the nets on the right side.* Immediately Your
  word became deed.* They caught a great number of fish\,* and they found a
 n unexpected meal prepared for them on the shore\,* which they immediately
  ate.* Now\, make us worthy to enjoy this meal with them in a spiritual ma
 nner\,* O Lord and Lover of mankind.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly m
 ost blessed\, O virgin Mother of God.* Through the One who was incarnate o
 f you\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wiped out\,* Eve set
  free\, Death 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 in this your good pleasure. Glory to You!\n\nGreat Doxology\n\n
 Trisagion Prayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nYou came forth from death\, des
 troying 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 appeare
 d to your apostles and sent them forth to preach\,* and through them You h
 ave bestowed your peace upon all the world\,* for You alone are rich in me
 rcy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\nA
 T DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\,
  Tone 4: When the disciples of the Lord learned from the angel* the glorio
 us news of the resurrection* and cast off the ancestral condemnation\,* th
 ey proudly told the apostles:* “Death has been plundered!* Christ our Go
 d is risen\,* granting to the world great mercy.”\n\nTroparion\, Tone 5:
  Let us praise in sacred hymns the celebrated Luke* herald of the acts of 
 the apostles\,* brightly shining author of the Good News of Christ\,* scri
 be of things unwritten which he wrote for Christ’s Church.* He is a phys
 ician for the feeble\,* healing nature’s ailments and the maladies of so
 uls* and he prays unceasingly for all of us.\n\nGlory be to the Father and
  to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: Let us praise a
  genuine preacher of piety\, the godly Luke\,* a star of the Church and el
 oquent speaker concerning ineffable mysteries.* For the Word who alone kno
 ws the human heart* chose him with the wise Paul to teach the gentiles.\n\
 nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: My Saviour and De
 liverer from the grave* as God raised out of bondage the children of the e
 arth* and shattered the gates of Hades\;* and as Master\, He rose on the t
 hird day.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nHow great are Your works\, O Lord* Yo
 u have made all things in wisdom.\n\nverse: Bless the Lord\, O my soul: O 
 Lord my God\, You are exceedingly great. (Psalm 103:24\,1)\n\nProkeimenon\
 , Tone 8\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth into all the earth\,* and their
  words unto the ends of the world.\n\nEpistle\n\nGalatians 2:16-20\; Colos
 sians 4:5-9\, 14\, 18\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: Poise yourself and ad
 vance in triumph and reign in the cause of truth\, and meekness\, and just
 ice.\n\nverse: You have loved justice and hated iniquity. (Psalm 44:5\,8)\
 n\nverse: The heavens shall confess Your wonders\, O Lord\, and Your truth
  in the church of the saints.\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 8:5-15\; Luke 10:16-21\n\n
 Communion Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Him in the hi
 ghest.* Their utterance has gone forth into all the earth\,* and their wor
 ds unto the ends of the world.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia.\n\n&nbsp\
 ;\n\n&nbsp\;
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