BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:589@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260908T035432Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/sunday-september-20-2026-sunday- after-the-exaltation-of-the-cross-octoechos-tone-8-the-holy-martyrs-and-co nfessors-for-the-faith-the-grand-prince-michael-and-his-nobleman-theodore- wonderworker/ SUMMARY:Sunday\, September 20\, 2026\; Sunday after the Exaltation of the C ross\; Octoechos Tone 8\; The Holy Martyrs and Confessors for the Faith\, the Grand Prince Michael and His Nobleman Theodore\, Wonderworkers of Che rnihiv\; The Holy Great-Martyr Eustathius and those with him. DESCRIPTION:Post-feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Resurrectional Gospe l 6. Saint with Six Stichera\n\nGREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\nKathi sma Reading\n\n“Blessed is the man...” is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTon e 8\n\nLead my soul forth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name .\n\nO Christ\, during this spiritual service\,* we sing to You these even ing prayers\,* commemorating the mercy You have shown us* by Your resurrec tion.\n\nThe just shall gather around me* when You have been good to me.\n \nO Lord\, O Lord\, do not cast us away from Your face\;* but in Your kind ness have mercy on us* through Your resurrection.\n\nOut of the depths I c ry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nRejoice\, O holy Sion\,* the Mother of Churches and the dwelling-place of God\;* for you were the f irst to receive the forgiveness of sins* through the resurrection.\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “You have given a sign…”\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nToday Your precious Cross has shone forth r adiantly like the sun\, O Saviour Christ\,* set up and elevated on the all -glorious place of the skull\,* on Your all-holy mountain\,* showing forth most manifestly that it is by the Cross\, O Omnipotent One\,* that You ha ve raised our nature up to the heavens\,* in that You love mankind.\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is t hat You may be revered.\n\nToday\, O Unapproachable One\,* the heavens hav e declared Your glory to men\;* for the image of the Cross\, shining forth in radiance* with unapproachable light\, has denounced the savage and cru el nature of those who slew God.* Therefore\, we glorify Your loving dispe nsation\,* O almighty Jesus\, Saviour of our souls.\n\nI have waited for Y ou as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nBy stretching forth his arms Moses vanquis hed Amalek\,* prefiguring the image of the Cross\;* and we now\, bowing do wn before the tree of the Cross\,* trample the wiles and machinations of t he enemy underfoot\,* having Christ as our champion\,* who was lifted up u pon it in the flesh\,* slew the serpent\, and saved man.\n\nTone 4\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nYour call ing was from on high\, and not from men\, O Eustathius\;* for Christ\, who loves mankind\,* Himself appeared to you and ensnared you\, O blessed one \, in the nets of faith\,* washing away your sins with your baptism and th e trials of life\,* and\, as Master\, He extends patience to you* and show s you to be a victor renowned.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and w ith Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from a ll its iniquities.\n\nYour calling was from on high\, and not from men\, O Eustathius\;* for Christ\, who loves mankind\,* Himself appeared to you a nd ensnared you\, O blessed one\, in the nets of faith\,* washing away you r sins with your baptism and the trials of life\,* and\, as Master\, He ex tends patience to you* and shows you to be a victor renowned.\n\nPraise th e Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nRejoic ing\, O Eustathius\,* in your youth you received instruction in the virtue s\,* and\, bereft of your children and your spouse\,* you valiantly endure d captivity\,* suffering ignominious slavery.* But your courage in battle made you loving and rendered you radiant\,* O ever-memorable one.\n\nStron g is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nYo u offered yourself to God as divine incense* rendered most fragrant in the fire\,* a beautiful holocaust\, a right acceptable sacrifice\,* a living and most perfect offering\,* fruitful with all your household.* Therefore\ , the mansions of heaven and the armies of the saints* have now received y ou and yours\,* O right wondrous Eustathius.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… \n\nEust athius sets himself before us as a second Job in life\, sufferings\, and s truggles\,* a model of the virtues and a tower of patience* truly surpassi ng Job in that virtue with his spouse and children\,* faithful in life and unshaken amid trials\,* a victor amid sufferings.* Him do we set forth in supplication before Christ\,* that He grant to our souls enlightenment* a nd cleansing of transgressions.\n\nTone 8\, Now...\n\nOut of his love for mankind* the King of heaven appeared on earth and dwelt with men\,* for He assumed a human body from the pure Virgin* and was seen in the flesh He r eceived from her.* He is the One and only God* having two natures but not two persons.* Wherefore we profess and declare the truth* that Christ our God is perfect God and perfect Man.* O Mother\, who knew not carnal union\ ,* intercede with Him that He may have mercy on our souls.\n\nAposticha\n\ nTone 8\n\nO Jesus\, You descended from heaven* so that You might ascend t he cross.* O immortal Life\, You came to die.* You are the true light to t hose who live in darkness\,* and You are the resurrection of the fallen.* Therefore\, O Saviour of all\, we glorify You.\n\nThe Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majesty. * Robed is the Lord\, and girt about with strength.\n\ nLet us glorify Christ\, the Saviour of our Souls* who arose from the dead .* For He took upon himself a soul and a body\,* and during His passion He separated the one from the other.* His pure soul went down to conquer Had es\,* while His holy body lay uncorrupted in the grave.\n\nFor He has made the world firm. * which shall not be moved.\n\nO Christ\, we glorify Your resurrection with psalms and hymns.* For by Your victory over death* You delivered us from the sufferings of Hades\,* and as God You granted us ete rnal life and great mercy.\n\nHoliness befits Your house\, O Lord\, * for length of days.\n\nO Lord of all\, Creator of heaven and earth\,* You are above all understanding.* Through Your passion on the cross* You freed us from the sufferings of Hades.* And\, after condescending to be buried\, Yo u arose in glory\;* and with Your mighty arm You also raised up Adam.* O m ost merciful Lord\, we glorify You\;* for by Your resurrection on the thir d day* You granted us remission of sins and eternal life.\n\nTone 6\, Glor y…\n\nO you who are as firm as adamant in soul\,* how can we praise you as is meet?* For\, deprived of your spouse\, you transcended nature\, poss essions and children\,* and uttered the blessed and ever-memorable cry of Job:* “The Lord has given\, and the Lord has taken away!* As the Lord ha s willed\, so has it been!”* But God whom you loved and whom you fervent ly desired again* gave you most cherished things\,* O you who took thought beforehand concerning those who suffered with you.* And having reached th e end of diverse torments with them\,* receiving them as your fellow suppl icants\, O blessed Eustathius\, patient of soul\,* pray that we be deliver ed from our iniquities.\n\nNow…\n\nO Cross of Christ\, hope of Christian s\,* guide of the lost\, haven of the tempest-tossed\,* victory amid battl es\, confirmation of the whole world\,* physician of the ill\, resurrectio n of the dead:* Have mercy upon us!\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 8\n\nYou came down from on high\, O Merciful One\,* and accepted three days of burial* to fr ee us from our sufferings.* O Lord\, our life and our resurrection\,* glor y be to You.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… \n\nO Lord our God\, Your holy martyrs* have deserved the crown of immortality* on account of their good fight.* A rmed with strength\, they have vanquished their persecutors* and crushed S atan’s dreadful might.* Through their supplications\, O Christ our God\, save our souls.\n\nTone 1\, Now…\n\nSave Your people\, O Lord\, and ble ss Your inheritance.* Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemie s\,* and protect Your community by Your cross.\n\n \n\nGREAT MATINS ON SU NDAY MORNING\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lo rd\, Tone 8\n\nTroparia\, Tone 8\n\nTone 8\n\nYou came down from on high\, O Merciful One\,* and accepted three days of burial* to free us from our sufferings.* O Lord\, our life and our resurrection\,* glory be to You. (2 )\n\nTone 4\, Glory… \n\nO Lord our God\, Your holy martyrs* have deserv ed the crown of immortality* on account of their good fight.* Armed with s trength\, they have vanquished their persecutors* and crushed Satan’s dr eadful might.* Through their supplications\, O Christ our God\, save our s ouls.\n\nTone 1\, Now…\n\nSave Your people\, O Lord\, and bless Your inh eritance.* Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies\,* and pr otect Your community by Your cross.\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\, Tone 8\n\nYou the Life of all\, did ris e from the dead\,* and an Angel of light cried out to the women saying:* C ease your tears. Bring the good tidings unto the Apostles.* Cry aloud in h ymns that Christ the Lord has arisen* who as God was well-pleased to save mankind.\n\nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* fo rget not Your poor to the end.\n\nWhen You were indeed risen from the tomb * You commanded the holy women to announce the Resurrection to the Apostle s\, as it is written\;* and Peter\, having arrived quickly\, stood by the grave* and seeing the light in the tomb was frightened\,* observing the gr ave clothes lying therein\, without the divine body\,* and believing he cr ied aloud:* Glory be to You O Christ God our Saviour\, who has saved us al l\,* for You are the radiant splendour of the Father.\n\nGlory… Now…\n \nLet us hymn the heavenly gate and ark\,* the all-holy mountain\, the clo ud of light\, the heavenly ladder\,* the spiritual Paradise\, the redempti on of Eve\,* the great treasure of the world\;* because salvation for the world and forgiveness of ancient offences were wrought in her.* Therefore\ , we cry to her:* Intercede with your own Son and God to grant forgiveness of offences* to those who devoutly worship your most holy Offspring.\n\nP salter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18\, 19\, 20\nStas is III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 8\n\n Mortals have sealed Your tomb\, O Saviour* and an Angel has rolled away th e stone from the door.* Women saw You risen from the dead\,* and announced the good tidings to Your Disciples in Sion:* The life of all has risen an d the bonds of death are loosed.* O Lord\, glory be to You.\n\nI will conf ess You\, O Lord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell of all Your wonders. \n\nThe women having brought sweet-smelling burial spices* heard an Angel ’s voice coming from the tomb:* Cease your tears and bring joy instead o f sorrow.* Wherefore cry aloud in hymns that Christ the Lord is risen\,* w ho as God was well-pleased to save the race of mankind.\n\nGlory… Now… \n\nIn you\, O Full of grace\, does all creation rejoice\,* the ranks of A ngels and the race of mankind\;* O all-hallowed Temple and spiritual Parad ise\, boast of Virgins.* For from youGod became incarnate* and He who is o ur God before the ages became a child.* He has made your womb a throne and rendered it wider than the heavens.* In you\, O Full of grace\, does all creation rejoice\;* glory be to you.\n\nPolyeleos\n\nEvlogitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHypakoe\, Tone 8\n\nThe myrrh-bearing women standing at the tomb of the Giver of life* seeking the immortal Master among the dead\;* and h aving received the glad tidings of joy from the Angel* announced to the Ap ostles that Christ the Lord is risen\,* granting the world great mercy.\n\ nHymn of Ascent\, Tone 8\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nFrom my youth the enemy tempts m e\, enflaming me with the desire for pleasures\;* but placing my trust in You O Lord\, I put him to flight.\n\nLet those that hate Sion\,* become li ke grass before it is tilled\;* for Christ severs their necks with the sha rp blade of torments.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit all things have life\;* Light from Light\, eminent God:* we hymn Him* together with t he Father and the Word.\n\nAntiphon 2\n\nLet my humble heart be sheltered by the fear of You\;* lest it fall away from You by being conceited\,* O e xceedingly compassionate One.\n\nHe who has his hope in the Lord* will not be afraid when the Lord judges all things* with fire and torment.\n\nGlor y… Now…\n\nEveryone inspired by the Holy Spirit sees all and foretells \,* working the greatest wonders\, singing of one God in three Hypostases\ ;* for though the Divinity radiates with triune light\,* it rules as one.\ n\nAntiphon 3\n\nI have cried to You\, O Lord\, hearken to me\,* bend Your ear to my supplications when I cry to You\,* and cleanse me before taking me from this life.\n\nEach and every one who returns to mother earth* wil l depart to receive torments or rewards* in reward for their life’s acti ons.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nContemplation of God by the Holy Spirit is of a thrice-holy unity\;* for the Father is beginningless\, from Whom the Son was begotten before time\,* and the Spirit equal in essence and majesty\,* blazes forth equally from the Father.\n\nAntiphon 4\n\nBehold\, what is s o good\, what is so pleasant* as to see brothers dwelling together?* For b y this the Lord has promised eternal life.\n\nThe One who adorns the lilie s of the field* commands us to be unconcerned* over temporal things.\n\nGl ory… Now…\n\nBy the Holy Spirit\,* by one single cause all things gain the reward of peace\;* for He is God perfectly consubstantial* with both the Father and the Son.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 8\n\nThe Lord will reign for ever\, Sion’s God\, from age to age.\n\nverse: My soul\, give praise to the Lord\; I will praise the Lord all my days.\n\nLet everything that live s\, Tone 8\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 24:36-53 \n\nHymn of Resurrection\n\nPsalm 50 \n\nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nCanon\, Tone 8\n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: When the wonde r-working rod of Moses* smote the sea with the sign of the cross and divid ed it\,* Pharaoh the charioteer it overthrew in the deep\,* but fugitive I srael\, fleeing on foot\, it saved\,* and he raised a glad shout* of prais e to God.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHow should we no t wonder at the mighty power of Christ’s divinity? Freedom from passions and incorruption to all the faithful flow from his Passion\; drop by drop from his holy side a deathless fountain falls\; and from the grave comes life unending.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHow beautif ul the angel now reveals himself to the women! Bearing the signs of innate and immaterial purity\, and in his far-shining form revealing the splendo ur of the resurrection\, he cries: the Lord is risen.\n\nGlory… Now…\n \nGlorious things are spoken of you\, O Virgin Mother of God\, from genera tion to generation\, for\, remaining undefiled\, you found room in your wo mb for God the Word. Therefore\, we honour you as our protector after God. \n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: In the beginning\, O Christ\, you established the heav ens in understanding\,* and founded the earth upon the waters:* establish me upon the rock of your commandments\,* for none is holy but you\, only L over of man.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe saving su ffering of your flesh\, O Christ\, justified Adam\, condemned by the taste of sin\; for as the sinless one you were shown in the trial as owing no d ebt to death.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nJesus \, my God\, shed the light of his resurrection upon those sitting in darkness an d in the shadow of death\; and by his divinity he bound the strong man and seized all his goods.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHigher than Cherubim and Sera phim you are declared to be\, Mother of God\, for you alone\, undefiled\, received within your womb the illimitable God. Therefore\, all the faithfu l ever sing to you and bless you.\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 8\, Podoben: “Wisdom”\n\nAbove the deer you saw the image of the Cross\, and thereu pon the image of Jesus\; and falling prostrate you marvelled at this visio n and came\, with all your household\, to divine baptism\; and becoming po or\, you were shown to be like a second Job. Therefore\, deprived of spous e and sons\, you cried aloud: “The Lord has given\, and the Lord has tak en away!” O Eustathius\, commander of warriors\, entreat Christ God\, th at He grant remission of sins to those who with love celebrate your holy m emory.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe honoured one removed the Cross of the Sav iour\, which had been hidden in the earth\, she fills the fullness of the world with joy\, and in the divine temple proclaims that it is to be eleva ted in the Spirit\, and bears it as a sceptre into the royal chambers. The refore\, Helena cried out to her son: “Reach out\, O wise master\, and t ake in your hands dominion and victory\, and teach the nations to worship the Cross and the sufferings of Christ in piety!”\n\nOde 4\n\nIrmos: O L ord\, you are my strength and my might\, you are my God and my joy\;* with out leaving the deep recesses of the Father\, you visited our poverty\;* s o with Habakkuk the prophet\, I cry to you:* Glory to your power\, O Lover of man.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nMerciful Saviour\ , you loved me much when I was at enmity with you\; in strange self-emptyi ng you came to earth\, not rejecting the last recesses of my pride. While remaining still upon the heights of your ineffable glory\, you glorified m e\, formerly so disgraced.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\ nWho is not amazed\, O Lord\, at seeing death done away through sufferings \, corruption take flight through a cross\, Hell emptied of its possession s through a death? This is the marvellous work of the divine sovereignty o f you\, the Crucified One\, O Lover of man.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nBoast of the faithful\, Bride unwed\, you are the protection and refuge of Christi ans\, city wall and harbour\; for you bring our petitions to your Son and save from danger those who acknowledge you in faith and love as the pure M other of God.\n\n \;\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: Why have you thrust me away fr om the never-setting light of your face\,* so that alien darkness has cove red me\, most wretched one?* Turn me back\, I beg you\, and direct my ways * to the light of your commandments.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nBefore your Passion\, O Saviour\, you allowed yourself to be cl othed in the robe of mockery\, thus covering the shameful nakedness of man \; and to be nailed naked to the cross while putting off the garment of de ath.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWhen you arose from t he dust of death\, O Christ\, you built again my beggared nature and rende red it immortal\, revealing once again the kingly image\, radiant with the light of incorruption.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAs you possess a mother’s boldness before your Son\, All-pure\, do not refuse your far-seeing care f or our race\, we pray you. For you alone\, as Christians\, we present to t he Lord for gracious favour and propitiation.\n\nOde 6\n\nCanon of the Res urrection\n\nIrmos: Be merciful to me\, O Saviour\, for many are my transg ressions\;* bring me up from the depths of evil\, I pray you.* For I have cried out to you\,* hear me\, O God of my salvation.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nMightily\, through a tree\, the originating evi l overthrew me\; uplifted on the cross\, O Christ\, you cast him down with a greater might\, putting him to shame and raising me\, the fallen.\n\nGl ory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nRising from the tomb in compass ion you took pity on Zion\, by your divine blood bringing about the new in place of the old\; and now you reign in her\, O Christ\, throughout the a ges.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nMay we be rescued from all our grievous stumbli ngs by your prayers\, pure Mother of God\, and may we meet with the divine outshining of the Son of God\, ineffably made flesh of you.\n\nKontakion\ , Tone 8\n\nWhen You rose from the tomb\,* You also raised the dead and re surrected Adam.* Eve exults in Your resurrection\,* and the ends of the wo rld celebrate Your rising from the dead\,* O most merciful One.\n\nIkos\n\ nMy Saviour\, long-suffering\, Giver of life\, you harrowed the kingdom of Hell and raised the dead\; you met the women bringing the myrrh and for s orrow gave them joy\; to the apostles you made known the signs of victory\ , and you shone upon your creation\, O Lover of man. The whole world there fore rejoices together in your rising from the dead\, O you of many mercie s.\n\n \;\n\nOde 7\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: The fire in Babylon once was put to shame by the descent of God* and the young men dan ced in the furnace\,* with joy in their steps\, as in a grassy meadow\,* a nd sang: Blessed are you\, the God of our fathers.\n\nGlory to your holy R esurrection\, O Lord.\n\nYour glorious abasement and the divine wealth of your beggary\, O Christ\, struck the angels with amazement when they saw y ou nailed to the cross to save those who cry in faith to you: Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\n By your divine descent the lowest depths were filled with light\, and the darkness and torment of former ages driven away. Then those in age-old bon ds rose up and cried: Blessed are you\, God of our fathers.\n\nGlory… No w…\n\nIn accordance with orthodox doctrine\, we proclaim you Lord of all \, only Father of the one\, only-begotten Son\, and we know the one true S pirit proceeding from you\, one with you in nature and co-eternal.\n\nOde 8\n\nCanon of the Resurrection\n\nIrmos: The Chaldaean tyrant in fury kind led the furnace sevenfold for those who feared God\;* then\, as he beheld them saved alive by a mightier power than his\, their Creator and Redeemer himself\,* he cried: Bless him\, young men\, praise him\, O priests\,* hi ghly exalt him\, O people\, throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe power supremely divine of the Godhead of Je sus has shone out in these things: on the cross he tasted death in the fle sh for all men\, and he brought to nothing the might of Hell. Bless him wi thout ceasing\, young men\, praise him\, O priests\, highly exalt him\, O people\, throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O L ord.\n\nThe crucified one arose\, the boastful and vainglorious fell\, the fallen and the broken are restored\, corruption is banished\, incorruptio n has blossomed\, for death is swallowed up by life. Bless him\, young men \, praise him\, O priests\, highly exalt him\, O people\, throughout all t he ages.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nGodhead of threefold light\, in single radi ance shining from one three-personed nature\, Begetter without beginning\, Word of the Father’s nature and Spirit consubstantial\, co-reigning: bl ess him\, young men\, praise him\, O priests\, exalt him\, O people\, thro ughout all the ages.\n\nMagnificat\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: Heaven is amazed and the ends of the earth stricken with fear* that your womb is become wider than the heavens\, and God is seen bodily by men.* Therefore\, O Mother of God* the ranks of angels and of men magnify you.\n\nGlory to your holy Re surrection\, O Lord.\n\nWord of God\, simple in your nature divine and uno riginate\, by giving existence to flesh and assuming it to yourself you be came compound: suffering as a man you remained beyond suffering as God. Th erefore\, we magnify you in the two natures\, indivisible and yet without confusion.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Most High\, a ccording to the divine essence you are ever one with God as your Father\; but when you took the nature of man\, coming down to your servants and ris ing from the tomb\, you made him\, who is by nature God and Lord\, by grac e Father of those born of the earth. You with him we magnify.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin Mother of God\, you are seen beyond nature bearing in t he body that good Word which the Father as the One Good uttered from his h eart before all ages. And we understand him now as being beyond the body\, yet clothed with a body\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn of Li ght\n\nAfter Your resurrection from the grave\, O Savior\, You revealed Yo ur human nature as You stood in the midst of the disciples. You ate with t hem and taught them the baptism of repentance. Then You ascended to Your F ather and promised to send them the Paraclete. Therefore\, O Lover of mank ind and God most high\, glory to Your holy resurrection!\n\n \;\n\nGlo ry… Now…\n\n \;\n\nThe Cross is the guardian of the universe\;* th e Cross is the beauty of the Church.* It is the power of kings\, and it su stains the strength of our faith.* It is the glory of the angels and the s layer of demons.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 8\n\nO Lord\ , though You stood before the judgment seat* being judged by Pilate\,* yet You were seated with the Father* and were not absent from Your throne.* A nd risen from the dead You freed the world from slavery to the stranger\,* as You are full of compassionate pity and love for mankind.\n\nO Lord\, t he Jews laid You as a corpse in a grave\,* and soldiers guarded You as a s leeping king* sealing You with a seal as if a treasury of life\;* but You arose* and grant incorruption to our souls.\n\nO Lord\, You have given us Your Cross as a weapon against the devil\;* for he quakes and trembles\, u nable to contemplate Your power\;* for raised the dead and abolished death :* wherefore we worship Your Burial and Your Rising.\n\nYour Angel\, O Lor d\, having proclaimed Your Resurrection\,* filled the guards with fear\,* but he cried to the women saying: Why do you seek the living among the dea d?* Being God He is risen* granting life to the whole world.’\n\nTone 4\ n\nWho will not bless your all-blessed character\, O Eustathius?* For you valiantly underwent assault by the enemy\, the author of evil\,* yet did n ot despair at the loss of your spouse and children\,* but cried out Job’ s cry of thanksgiving:* “Naked came I forth from my mother’s womb\;* a nd naked shall I depart to the only Creator\,* the Saviour of our souls! ”\n\nTone 6\n\nAs a habitation of the incorrupt Offspring of Mary\, O ma rtyr\,* abiding unceasingly in immaterial light\,* you render the uncreate d Trinity right merciful to us.\n\nTone 8\n\nEntering into the impenetrabl e cloud* and uniting yourself to the Sun of righteousness* Who appeared no etically from on high\,* and having come in contact with the image of God through a living creature\,* you became an inspired image\,* O most blesse d Eustathius.* Therefore\, having been enlightened by water and the Spirit * and washed by your activity and the blood of martyrdom\,* you have been vouchsafed to join chorus with the assemblies of the angels in heaven\,* w here you also unite us to Christ our God and Saviour.\n\nTone 6\, Glory… \n\nSince You are the true peace of God for us\, O Christ\,* You gave Your peace to Your disciples after Your resurrection.* They were frightened wh en they thought that they were beholding a spirit.* But You removed the an xiety of their hearts when You showed them Your hands and feet\,* yet they were still in doubt.* But when You took food with them\,* reminding them of Your preaching\,* You opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.* You made the eternal covenant with them\;* You blessed them and rose\,* a scending into heaven.* Therefore\, with them\, we worship You\;* O Lord\, glory to You!\n\n \;\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly most blessed\ , O virgin Mother of God.* Through the One who was incarnate of you\,* Had es was chained\, Adam revived\, the curse wiped out\,* Eve set free\, Deat h put to death\,* and we ourselves were brought back to life.* That is why we cry out in praise\;* Blessed are You\, O Christ our God\,* who finds i n this your good pleasure. Glory to You!\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTrisagion Pr ayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nYou came forth from death\, destroying the eternal bonds of Hades\, O Lord.* You broke the curse of Death* and thus d elivered us from the snares of the Evil One.* Then You appeared to your ap ostles 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\nInsi stent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\nAT DIVINE LIT URGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nO God\, my God\, hear me\; why hav e You forsaken me? The words of my transgressions put salvation far from m e.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save us.\n\nO God\, I will call to You by day but You will not listen\; and by night\, yet it will not be foolish of me.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save us.\n\nBut You\, the praise of Israel\, dwell in th e holy place.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, sa ve us.\n\nGlory… Now… Only-begotten Son…\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nCome\, let us sing joyfully to the Lord\, let us acclaim God\, our Saviour.\n\nSon o f God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nLet us come before His face with praise\, and acclaim Him in psalms.\n\nSon o f God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nFor God is the great Lord\, and the great king over all the earth.\n\nSon of God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nEntra nce\n\nCome\, let us worship and fall down before Christ.\n\nSon of God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nTroparia an d Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: You came down from on high\, O Merciful One\,* and accepted three days of burial* to free us from our sufferings.* O Lord\, our life and our resurrection\,* glory be to You.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: Save Your people\, O Lord\, and bless Your inheritance.* Grant vi ctory to Your faithful people against enemies\,* and protect Your communit y by Your cross.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: When You rose from the tomb\,* You also rai sed the dead and resurrected Adam.* Eve exults in Your resurrection\,* and the ends of the world celebrate Your rising from the dead\,* O most merci ful One.Now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: By Your ow n choice\, O Christ our God\,* You were lifted on the cross.* Grant Your m ercies to Your new community* that bears Your Name.* By Your power gladden the faithful people\,* and grant them victory against enemies.* May they have the help of Your instrument of peace\,* the invincible sign of victor y.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nExalt the Lord our God\,* and bow in worship at the footstool of his feet\, for it is holy.\n\nverse: The Lord reigns\ , let the people tremble. (Psalm 98:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nGalatians 2:16-20\ n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: Remember Your congregation which You acquir ed from the beginning.\n\nverse: But God is our king before the ages\; He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. (Psalm 73:2\,12)\n\nGospe l\n\nMark 8:34-9:1\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the mos t precious cross of the Lord.\n\nAnd the Irmos\, Tone 8: You are a mystica l Paradise\, O Mother of God\, who though untilled\, have brought forth Ch rist. He has planted upon earth the life-giving Tree of the Cross. Therefo re today as we raise it on high we bow low and we magnify you.\n\nCommunio n Hymn\n\nPraise the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Him in the highest. ( Psalm 148:1)* Let the light of Your countenance\, O Lord\,* shine upon us. * Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 4:7)\n\nAt the end of Liturgy we sing:\n\nTo Your Cross\, O Master\, we bow in veneration\, and we glorify Your holy Resurrection. (3)\n\n \; 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