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SUMMARY:Sunday\, October 4\, 2026\; Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost\; Oct
 oechos Tone 2\; The Holy Hieromartyr Hierotheus\, Bishop of Athens Οur Ve
 nerable Father Francis of Assisi.
DESCRIPTION:Resurrectional Gospel 8\n\nGREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\
 nKathisma Reading\n\nBlessed is the man... is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTon
 e 2\n\nLead my soul forth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name
 .\n\nCome\, let us adore God the Word\,* who was born of the Father before
  all ages\,* and was incarnate of the Virgin Mary\;* for of His own free w
 ill He suffered the Cross* and submitted Himself to burial\,* and arose fr
 om the dead to save me\, a sinful one.\n\nThe just shall gather around me*
  when You have been good to me.\n\nChrist our Saviour cancelled the decree
  that was written against us\,* by nailing it to the Cross\;* and He aboli
 shed the dominion of Death.* Let us glorify His resurrection on the third 
 day.\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!
 \n\nLet us\, together with the archangels\, sing of Christ’s resurrectio
 n\;* for He is the Redeemer and Saviour of our souls.* He will come again 
 in awesome glory and mighty power* to judge the world which He has fashion
 ed.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nAlthough 
 You died and were buried\,* the angel yet declared You as Master.* He said
  to the women: Come and see where the Lord was placed\;* for He is risen a
 s He foretold\,* because He is almighty.* Therefore\, we worship You\, the
  only Immortal One\,* and we beseech You to have mercy on us\, O Giver of 
 Life.\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forg
 iveness is that You may be revered.\n\nO Christ\, You have abolished the c
 urse of the tree by Your Cross\;* You have destroyed the power of death by
  Your burial\,* and You enlightened the human race by Your resurrection.* 
 Therefore\, we cry out to You:* O God and Benefactor\, glory to You!\n\nI 
 have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Yo
 ur promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nO Lord\, the gates of dea
 th opened before You in fear\,* and the gatekeepers of Hades were filled w
 ith dread at the sight of You.* You smashed the gates of brass and crushed
  the posts of iron.* Then You burst our chains asunder\,* and led us out f
 rom the darkness\, away from the shadow of death.\n\nFrom the morning watc
 h until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nLet us all come and prostr
 ate ourselves in the house of the Lord\,* singing this hymn of salvation:*
  O Christ\, You were crucified on the tree and rose from the dead\;* and Y
 ou now abide in the bosom of the Father.* Please cleanse us of our sins.\n
 \nTone 4\, Podoben “You have given a sign...”\n\nFor with the Lord the
 re is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall r
 edeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nReceiving the grace of the most h
 oly Spirit\,* O most glorious Hierotheus\,* you have now passed through al
 l the earth\,* teaching men to worship the Unity in three Hypostases:* the
  unoriginate Father\, * the Source of the Godhead\,* and with Him the Son 
 Who is equally enthroned* and consubstantial with the Father\,* Who was bo
 rn of the Virgin* and became a man bearing flesh.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all
  the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nAs one pleasing to
  God* you offered up your soul as a sacred and divine gift\,* and committe
 d your sacred body as a thing divine\,* which hallowed the souls of those 
 who believe in God Almighty\,* and poured forth salvation upon the faithfu
 l.* Therefore\, we bless your memory and burial\,* we love your miracles a
 nd proclaim thy words.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternal
 ly will His truth endure.\n\nYou beheld the twelve apostles* at the dormit
 ion of the all-glorious Ever-virgin\,* the all-pure Theotokos\, the Mother
  of the Lord\,* and with you was Dionysius\, who described the hierarchies
 .* With them we\, the faithful\,* bless your most festive and all-holy sol
 emnity\, O glorious Hierotheus.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… \n\nWhen you were pre
 sent at the divine dormition of the Mother of God\,* O blessed herald of G
 od\,* you gladdened the hearts of the faithful with divine proclamations\,
 * delighting the sacred company of the apostles\, the preachers of God\,* 
 and hymning the mysteries of God with divine ecstasy.* Therefore\, having 
 received boldness before Christ\, O hierarch Hierotheus\,* pray in behalf 
 of our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nO Virgin\, the shadow of the Law passed away* w
 ith the realization of grace.* For as the bush had burned without being co
 nsumed\,* so you gave birth while a virgin* and you remained a virgin.* In
 stead of the pillar of fire there rose the Sun of Justice.* Instead of Mos
 es\, Christ God came forth\,* the Saviour of our souls.\n\nProkeimenon\, T
 one 6\n\nThe Lord reigns\,* He is clothed in majesty.\n\nverse: Robed is t
 he Lord and girt about with strength.\n\nverse: For He has made the world 
 firm\, which shall not be moved.\n\nverse: Holiness befits Your house\, O 
 Lord\, for length of days.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nYour Resurrection\, O
  Christ our Saviour\,* has enlightened the whole universe\;* and\, through
  it\, You call back to Yourself all Creation.* Almighty God\, glory to You
 !\n\nThe Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and g
 irt about with strength.\n\nBy the wood of Your Cross\, O Saviour\,* You h
 ave abolished the curse of the tree\;* by Your burial You have destroyed t
 he power of death\;* and by Your resurrection You enlightened the human ra
 ce.* We\, therefore\, cry out to You:* O Christ our God\, Giver of Life\, 
 glory to You!\n\nFor He has made the world firm\, which shall not be moved
 .\n\nO Christ\, when You were nailed to the Cross\,* the distorted nature 
 of creation was made manifest.* The soldiers showed their inhumanity by pi
 ercing Your side with a lance\,* and the people showed their ignorance of 
 Your power* by asking that Your tomb be sealed.* But\, in Your mercy\, You
  accepted burial* and then arose on the third day.* O Lord\, glory to You!
 \n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\, for length of days.\n\nO Christ\
 , Giver of Life\,* You freely endured the Passion for the sake of mortals.
 * In Your power You descended into Hades\;* and snatching\, as from a migh
 ty monster\, the souls of those who awaited Your coming\,* You placed them
  in Paradise.* Therefore\, show Your great mercy to us who glorify Your re
 surrection\,* and cleanse our souls.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWe now behold a
  new wonder\,* greater than the wonders of old.* For who has ever known a 
 mother to bear a child without the help of man?* Who has known a mother to
  hold in her arms the Source of all Creation?* It was God’s own will 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 the bol
 dness of a mother.* Therefore\, we venerate you\, and ask you to always be
 seech Him* to have mercy on us and save our souls.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 2\n
 \nWhen You went down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* You struck Hades dead w
 ith the blazing light of Your divinity.* When You raised the dead from the
  nether world\,* all the powers of heaven cried out:* “O Giver of Life\,
  Christ our God\, glory be to You!”\n\nTone 4\, Glory… \n\nYou learned
  goodness and practiced temperance.* You robed yourself in the priesthood*
  and girded yourself with a good conscience.* Therefore\, you came to draw
  ineffable things from the chosen vessel\, Paul.* You have completed the r
 ace\, you have kept the faith.* O father Hierotheus\, beg Christ our God t
 o save our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nO Mother of God\, the mystery hidden from a
 ll eternity* and unknown even to the angels\,* was revealed through you to
  those on earth:* God took on our human nature* and united it to His divin
 e nature in a perfect but unconfused union.* Then\, He willingly accepted 
 the cross for our sake* and thereby raised again the first created\,* and 
 saved our souls from death.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nGREAT MATINS ON SUNDAY MORNING\n
 \nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Tone 2\n\
 nTroparia\, Tone 2\n\nWhen You went down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* You
  struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your divinity.* When You rais
 ed the dead from the nether world\,* all the powers of heaven cried out:* 
 “O Giver of Life\, Christ our God\, glory be to You!” (2)\n\nTone 4\, 
 Glory… \n\nYou learned goodness and practiced temperance.* You robed you
 rself in the priesthood* and girded yourself with a good conscience.* Ther
 efore\, you came to draw ineffable things from the chosen vessel\, Paul.* 
 You have completed the race\, you have kept the faith.* O father Hierotheu
 s\, beg Christ our God to save our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nO Mother of God\, t
 he mystery hidden from all eternity* and unknown even to the angels\,* was
  revealed through you to those on earth:* God took on our human nature* an
 d united it to His divine nature in a perfect but unconfused union.* Then\
 , He willingly accepted the cross for our sake* and thereby raised again t
 he first created\,* and saved our souls from death.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\n
 Stasis I: Psalms 9\, 10\nStasis II: Psalms 11\, 12\, 13\nStasis III: Psalm
 s 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn I\, Tone 2\n\nThe noble J
 oseph having taken down You most pure Body from the tree\,* wrapped it in 
 a fine linen shroud* covering it with fragrant spices* and placed it in a 
 new sepulchre\;* but on the third day You arose\, O Lord\,* granting the w
 orld great mercy.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on h
 igh\;* forget not Your poor to the end.\n\nThe Angel standing by the tomb 
 cried to the myrrh-bearing women\,* ‘Myrrh is fitting for the dead\,* bu
 t Christ has been revealed a stranger to corruption.* rather cry aloud: Th
 e Lord is risen\,* granting the world great mercy!’\n\nGlory… Now…\n
 \nYou are highly glorified\, O Virgin Theotokos\,* and we sing your praise
 \,* for through the Cross of your Son Hades has been overthrown\,* Death h
 as been slain\,* and we who were dead have arisen and been granted life.* 
 We have received Paradise\, our ancient delight\,* therefore with thanksgi
 ving we glorify Christ our God* as mighty and alone plenteous in mercy.\n\
 nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nSt
 asis III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn II\, Tone 
 2\n\nYou did not prevent the grave stone from being sealed\,* and having a
 risen You granted to all the rock of the Faith.* O Lord\, glory be to You!
 \n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of al
 l Your wonders.\n\nThe choir of Your Disciples rejoices in harmony with th
 e Myrrh-bearing women\;* for with them we celebrate a common feast  to th
 e glory and honour of Your Resurrection.* Through them\, O Lord who loves 
 mankind\,* grant Your people Your great mercy.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou a
 re highly blessed\, O Virgin Theotokos\,* for through Him who was incarnat
 e of you* Hades has been taken captive\, Adam recalled\, the curse slain\,
  and Eve set free\,* death has been put to death and we have been given li
 fe\;* therefore with hymns we cry to you:* Blessed are You O Christ our Go
 d who has been thus well-pleased\, glory be to You!\n\nPolyeleos\n\nEvlogi
 taria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 2\n\nThe women coming to Your grav
 e after the Passion* to anoint Your body\, O Christ God\,* saw Angels in t
 he tomb and were frightened\,* for they heard a message from them:* The Lo
 rd has arisen\, granting the world His great mercy.\n\nHymn of Ascent\, To
 ne 2\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nI raise the eyes of my heart to You in heaven\, O Sa
 viour.* Save me by Your radiance.\n\nHave mercy\, O my Christ\, on us who 
 fail You every hour and in many ways\,* and grant to us the means to retur
 n to You* in repentance before the end.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTo the Holy 
 Spirit belongs sovereignty\,* sanctification and the quickening of creatio
 n\,* for He is God\, one in essence with the Father* and the Word.\n\nAnti
 phon 2\n\nIf the Lord was not among us\,* who could be kept safe from the 
 one* who is both our foe and a manslayer?\n\nDo not hand Your servant over
  to destruction\, O my Saviour.* For like a lion they come up against me\,
 * they who are my foes.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTo the Holy Spirit belongs t
 he source of life and its honour\,* for\, being God\, He preserves all cre
 ation* by His power* in the Father through the Son.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nThose
  who trust in the Lord are like the holy mountain:* they are utterly unsha
 ken* by the assaults of the enemy.\n\nLet not those who live for God* stre
 tch out their hands in iniquity\;* for with the rod of His word Christ for
 bids such things.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit all wisdom flow
 s forth\,* grace to the Apostles\,* crowns to the Martyrs\,* and to the Pr
 ophets\, prophetic vision.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 2\n\nArouse Yourself\, O 
 Lord my God\, in the commandment which You have enjoined\,* and a congrega
 tion of peoples shall surround You.\n\nverse: O Lord my God\, I have put m
 y hope in You. Save me from all them that pursue me and deliver me.\n\nLet
  everything that lives\, Tone 2\n\nMatins Gospel 8\n\nJohn 20:11-18\n\nHym
 n of Resurrection\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCanon of the Resurr
 ection\, Tone 2\n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: Once his overwhelming power overturned
  the whole of Pharaoh’s army in the deep\;* but the Word made flesh\, th
 e Lord of glory\, blotted out the wholly wretched sin.\n\nGlory to your ho
 ly Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe prince of this world in whose books we\, 
 who disobeyed your commands\, were inscribed\, O Good One\, has been judge
 d by your cross\; attacking you as a mortal\, he fell back from the power 
 of your might and was exposed in his weakness.\n\nGlory to your holy Resur
 rection\, O Lord.\n\nDeliverer of the race of mortal men and author of inc
 orruptible life\, you came into the world: for you tore in pieces the grav
 e clothes of death in your resurrection\, and this we glorify. Gloriously 
 he is glorified.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO pure one\, and ever-Virgin\, you 
 are shown to be higher than all creatures seen and unseen\; for you bore t
 he Creator since he willed to take flesh in your womb\; with boldness pray
  to him to save our souls.\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: The desert\, the barren Chu
 rch of the nations\, has blossomed as a lily at your coming\, O Lord\;* in
  this my heart is made firm.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\
 n\nCreation at your Passion was put to confusion to see you in mean disgui
 se and mocked by the lawless\, you whose lightest nod had established the 
 universe.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou fashioned me
  with your hands from the dust in your image\; and when\, through sin\, I 
 was crushed again into the dust of death\, you\, O Christ\, went down with
  me to Hell and raised me up with yourself.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe rank
 s of angels were amazed and the hearts of men trembled\, All-pure\, at you
 r giving birth\; wherefore we reverence you in faith\, O Mother of God.\n\
 nKondak\, Tone 8\n\nTaught by you things strange and ineffable\,* we prais
 e you\, the hierarch of Athens\;* for you have been shown to be a God-plea
 sing composer of hymns.* Pray\, O all blessed Hierotheus\,* that we may be
  delivered from every sinful fall\,* that we may cry aloud:* Rejoice O div
 inely wise father!\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 5\n\nHaving instructed your mi
 nd with the words of the apostles* and shepherded the gatherings of the fa
 ithful\, O venerable\,* you offered yourself as a pure sacrifice to the Ki
 ng and Creator* Who became incarnate for us of the Virgin Theotokos\, O Hi
 erotheus\,* and confessed His resurrection in glory.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\
 nO fervent and invincible intercessor\, * diligent and unashamed hope\, * 
 rampart\, protection and haven of those who have recourse to you\, * O pur
 e Ever-virgin\, together with the angels\, entreat your Son and God\, * th
 at He grant peace\, salvation and great mercy to the world.\n\nOde 4\n\nIr
 mos: You came forth from the Virgin\,* not an ambassador\, not an angel\,
 * but the Lord himself made flesh\,* and saved my whole humanity.\n\nGlory
  to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou were standing\, my God\, befor
 e the judgment seat as one judged\, not crying out\, bringing\, O Lord\, j
 udgment upon the nations. Thus\, through your Passion\, O Christ\, you wro
 ught salvation for the world.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.
 \n\nBy your Passion the weapons of the enemies failed\, by your descent in
 to Hell the cities of the foe were destroyed and the insolence of the tyra
 nt overthrown.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll we the faithful know you a haven 
 of salvation\, a fortified city unshaken\, Lady Mother of God\; for by you
 r prayers you deliver our souls from danger.\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: Christ Go
 d\, you are mediator between God and man:* through you\, O Lord\, we have 
 access from the night of ignorance to your Father\, the author of light.\n
 \nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYou broke as the cedars\, O
  Christ\, the insolence of the enemy when\, of your own will\, O Lord\, yo
 u were pleased to be lifted up in the flesh on the cypress\, the pine and 
 the cedar.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThey laid you i
 n the lowest pit\, O Christ\, dead\, without breath\; but with your stripe
 s you raised with yourself\, O Saviour\, the wounded and forgotten who sle
 pt in the graves.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nPray to your Son and Lord\, pure V
 irgin\, to grant deliverance to prisoners and peace from the hostile force
 s surrounding those who trust in you.\n\nOde 6\n\nIrmos: Engulfed in sin
 ’s unfathomed depths* I cry to the fathomless deeps of your tender compa
 ssion\;* God has brought me up* from corruption.\n\nGlory to your holy Res
 urrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe righteous was judged as a criminal and nailed t
 o the tree with the lawless with his own blood granting forgiveness to the
  guilty.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nAs by one man\, t
 he first Adam\, death came of old to the world\, so by one\, the Son of Go
 d\, resurrection has been revealed .\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou knew no man
 \, O Virgin\, you bore a child and remained for ever virgin\, revealing th
 us the signs of true divinity of your Son and God.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2\n
 \nYou rose from the tomb\, O almighty Saviour\;* and Hades\, seeing this w
 onder\, was stricken with fear\; and the dead arose.* Creation saw and rej
 oices with You\, and Adam exults.* And the world\, my Saviour\, sings Your
  praises for ever.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nIkos\n\nLight you are to those endarkened
 \, resurrection you are to all and life to mortal man\; and when you\, the
  Saviour\, raised up all with yourself and despoiled the might of death\, 
 when you\, O Word\, shattered the gates of Hell\, the dead saw it and marv
 elled at the marvel and all creation rejoiced together in your resurrectio
 n\, O Lover of man. For all of this we glorify and sing your coming down t
 o us and all the universe\, my Saviour\, hymns you for ever.\n\nOde 7\n\nI
 rmos: The godless decree of the lawless tyrant* re-kindled the soaring fl
 ames\,* Christ let fall on the God-fearing children the dew of the Spirit.
 * He is blessed and glorious above all.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection
 \, O Lord.\n\nYour tender compassion\, O Lord\, would not allow you to see
  mankind beneath the sway of death but you came and saved him by your own 
 blood\, becoming man. He is blessed and glorious above all.\n\nGlory to yo
 ur holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nSeeing you clothed in the robe of vengea
 nce\, O Christ. Hell’s doorkeepers cowered in fear for you came to maste
 r\, O Lord\, the slave\, the reasonless tyrant. He is blessed and glorious
  above all.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWe know you the Holy of Holies\, Virgin 
 unspotted\, Mother unwedded\, for you alone bore the unchangeable God: by 
 your divine giving birth you have shed incorruption on all the faithful.\n
 \nOde 8\n\nIrmos: Once in Babylon by divine command* the blazing furnace 
 divided its work\,* the Chaldaeans consuming\, the faithful bedewing\,* wh
 o sang: Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\n\nGlory to your holy 
 Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe ranks of angels saw the garment of your fles
 h empurpled with your blood\, in trembling amazement at the magnitude of y
 our longsuffering\, crying: Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\n\
 nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThrough your rising\, O Merc
 iful\, you have clothed my mortality with deathlessness\; therefore in gla
 d thanksgiving your chosen people raise to you a song of praise\, crying: 
 Truly death is swallowed up in victory.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe One inse
 parable from the Father and humanly\, divinely\, dwelling in your womb\, y
 ou conceived without seed and brought forth inexpressibly\, Birth-giver of
  God\, all-pure. By this we know you the salvation of us all.\n\nMagnifica
 t\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: The Son of the unbegun Begetter\, God and Lord\, mad
 e flesh of the Virgin\,* has appeared among us to bring light to the darke
 ned places* and to gather the scattered together.* Therefore\, we magnify 
 the all-praised Mother of God.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord
 .\n\nOn Golgotha\, as in Paradise\, there was planted\, O Saviour\, the th
 rice-happy tree of your pure cross\, nourished by your blood divine and wa
 ter\; so from the wellspring of your holy side\, O Christ\, life has bloss
 omed for us.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe crucified
 \, the all-powerful\, laid low the strong man armed\, and the nature of ma
 n\, lying below in the dungeon of Hell\, he raised and placed on the Fathe
 r’s throne\; coming in the midst of which we\, worshipping\, magnify you
 .\n\nWe bless the Lord\; Father\, Son\, and Holy Spirit\, now and for ever
  and ever. Amen.\n\nIn the true faith singing\, let us the faithful glorif
 y the Trinity\, three in number\, one in substance\, indivisible nature\, 
 supremely divine\, triply shining light and never-setting radiance\, the o
 nly uncompounded shedding light upon all.\n\nSmall Litany\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nHo
 ly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Light\n\nWhen Mary saw two angels inside the gra
 ve\, she was seized with fright. She did not recognize Christ but thought 
 that He was the gardener\; she said to Him: Sir\, where have You placed th
 e body of Jesus? She knew from His voice that He was the Savior\, and she 
 obeyed Him when He said: Touch Me not for I am going to My Father. Tell th
 is to My disciples.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nGlory… \n\nYou made that which is wors
 e subject to that which is higher\, O God pleaser\, all-wisely setting you
  mind to oversee the passions. Therefore\, O Hierotheus\, you were an inst
 rument of theology and an apostle of Christ. O wise hierarch\, pray for th
 e world.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nNow…\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nYou have given birth\, O Virgi
 n\, to one of the Trinity in a manner beyond description\, dual in nature\
 , dual in will\, but one in Person. Therefore\, always beseech Him for tho
 se who honor you in faith\, that we may escape the temptations of the enem
 y\; for in you we now seek refuge\, O Theotokos.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nPraises\n\n
 Stichera of the Praises\, Tone 2\n\nEverything that breathes and every cre
 ature glorifies You\, O Lord\,* for through Your Cross You destroyed death
 * and thus shown the multitude of peoples Your Resurrection from the dead\
 ,* as You alone love mankind.\n\nLet the Jews tell how the soldiers lost t
 he King they were guarding.* Why then did the stone not guard the rock of 
 life?* Either let them give up the one who was buried or adore Him as rise
 n\,* exclaiming together with us:* Glory to the multitude of Your mercies:
 * O Saviour\, glory be to You!\n\nRejoice O peoples and be glad!* for an A
 ngel sat upon the grave stone* and gave us good tidings saying:* Christ is
  risen from the dead* and has filled the universe with sweet fragrance.* R
 ejoice O peoples and be glad!'\n\nBefore Your conception\, O Lord\,* an An
 gel brought the greeting ‘Rejoice’ to the one full of grace:* at Your 
 Resurrection an Angel rolled away the stone from Your glorious grave.* The
  one revealed the signs of joy instead of sorrow\;* the other instead of d
 eath has proclaimed to us the Master\, and giver of life.* Wherefore we cr
 y to You:* O Benefactor of all mankind\,* Lord\, glory be to You!\n\nThe w
 omen sprinkled sweet spices* mingled with their tears upon Your grave\,* b
 ut their mouths were filled with joy as they exclaimed\,* The Lord hath ar
 isen!\n\nLet the nations and the peoples praise Christ our God\,* who will
 ingly endured the Cross for us and suffered three days in Hades\;* let the
 m worship His Resurrection from the dead\,* through which all the ends of 
 the world have been enlightened.\n\nYou were crucified\, and Thou were bur
 ied\, O Christ\,* as You willed\;* You have despoiled death as God and Mas
 ter\,* granting the world eternal life and Your great mercy.\n\nIn truth\,
  O wicked ones\,* by sealing the tomb you have granted us a greater wonder
 \;* for the guards having complete knowledge of that which took place were
  compelled by you to say* “while we slept the Disciples came and stole h
 im.”* And who would steal a corpse\, especially one that is naked?* But 
 He has arisen by His own authority as God\,* leaving behind His grave-clot
 hes in the tomb.* Come\, O Jews\,* see that He did not burst the seals\,* 
 the One who has trampled on death* and granted mankind life without end* a
 nd His great mercy.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Gospel Sticheron:\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nT
 he warm tears of Mary were not shed in vain\; for behold\, she has been wo
 rthy to hear the angels and to behold Your face\, O Jesus. But being a wom
 an still thinking of earthly things\, she was not permitted to touch You\,
  O Christ. However\, she was sent to proclaim to Your disciples the good n
 ews announcing Your return to Your heavenly inheritance. With her\, theref
 ore\, make us worthy to see You\, O Lord.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are tr
 uly most blessed\, O virgin Mother of God.* Through the One who was incarn
 ate of you\,* Hades was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wiped out\,* Ev
 e set free\, Death put to death\,* and we ourselves were brought back to l
 ife.* That is why we cry out in praise\;* Blessed are You\, O Christ our G
 od\,* who finds in this your good pleasure. Glory to You!\n\nGreat Doxolog
 y\n\nTrisagion Prayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nYou came forth from death\
 , destroying the eternal bonds of Hades\, O Lord.* You broke the curse of 
 Death* and thus delivered us from the snares of the Evil One.* Then You ap
 peared to your apostles and sent them forth to preach\,* and through them 
 You have bestowed your peace upon all the world\,* for You alone are rich 
 in mercy.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal
 \n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTropar
 ion\, Tone 2: When You went down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* You struck 
 Hades dead with the blazing light of Your divinity.* When You raised the d
 ead from the nether world\,* all the powers of heaven cried out:* “O Giv
 er of Life\, Christ our God\, glory be to You!”\n\nGlory be to the Fathe
 r and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: You rose f
 rom the tomb\, O almighty Saviour\;* and Hades\, seeing this wonder\, was 
 stricken with fear\; and the dead arose.* Creation saw and rejoices with Y
 ou\, and Adam exults.* And the world\, my Saviour\, sings Your praises for
  ever.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nTheotokion\, Tone 2: The tom
 b and death could not hold the Mother of God\,* unceasing in her intercess
 ion and an unfailing hope of patronage\,* for as the Mother of Life she wa
 s transferred to life* by Him Who had dwelt in her ever-virgin womb.\n\nPr
 okeimenon\, Tone 2\n\nThe Lord is my strength and my song of praise\, and 
 He has become my salvation.\n\nverse: The Lord has indeed chastised me\, b
 ut He has not delivered me to death. (Psalm 117:14\,18)\n\nEpistle\n\n2 Co
 rinthians 11:31-12:9\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: The Lord will hear you
  in the day of tribulation\; the name of the God of Jacob will shield you.
 \n\nverse: Lord\, grant victory to the king and hear us in the day that we
  shall call upon You. (Psalm 19:2\,10)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 6:31-36\n\nCommun
 ion Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Him in the highest 
 (Psalm 148:1).* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia.
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