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SUMMARY:Sunday\, September 27\, 2026\; Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost\; 
 Octoechos Tone 1\; The Holy Martyr Callistratus and those with him\; Our V
 enerable Father Nilus\, Founder and Hegumen of the Grottaferrata Monastery
 .
DESCRIPTION:Resurrectional Gospel 7\n\nGREAT VESPERS ON SATURDAY EVENING\n\
 nKathisma Reading\n\nBlessed is the man... is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTon
 e 1\n\nLead my soul forth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name
 .\n\nAccept our evening prayer\, O holy Lord\,* and grant us forgiveness o
 f sins\,* for You alone manifested the resurrection* to the world.\n\nThe 
 just shall gather around me* when You have been good to me.\n\nO you peopl
 e\, walk around Sion and encompass her.* And there give glory to Him who i
 s risen from the dead.* For He is our God* who delivers us from our sins.\
 n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nC
 ome you people\, praise and worship Christ.* Glorify His resurrection from
  the dead\;* for He is our God who delivered the world* from the deceit of
  the enemy.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nR
 ejoice\, O you heavens\;* sound the trumpets\, you foundations of the eart
 h\;* cry out with joy\, O you mountains.* For behold\, Emmanuel has nailed
  our sins to the Cross\;* the Giver of Life has put Death to death\;* and 
 the Lover of mankind* has raised up Adam.\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord
 \, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\
 nLet us praise the Lord* who for our sake was willingly crucified in the f
 lesh.* He suffered\, was buried\, and rose from the dead.* Therefore\, let
  us sing to Him:* O Christ\, keep Your Church in the orthodox faith* and b
 ring peace to our lives\;* for You are gracious and love mankind.\n\nI hav
 e waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your 
 promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nO Christ our God\, as we sta
 nd unworthily before Your life-bearing grave\,* we offer a hymn of praise 
 to Your ineffable tenderness of heart.* For You\, O Sinless One\,* in Your
  loving-kindness have accepted the Cross and death* in order to grant* res
 urrection to the world.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel 
 trust in the Lord.\n\nLet us praise the Word* who is without beginning and
  co-eternal with the Father.* For our sake He was born of the Virgin\;* He
  freely accepted the Cross and death\, and rose in glory.* Therefore\, let
  us sing to Him:* Glory to You\, O Lord\,* the Giver of Life and Saviour o
 f our souls.\n\nTone 8\, Podoben “O all-glorious wonder…”\n\nFor wit
 h the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* 
 and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nO martyred athlete 
 Callistratus\,* with your mind illumined by the light of piety\,* you unwa
 veringly tread the path which lead to heavenly blessedness\,* having vanqu
 ished all the wiles of the adversary.* Hence\, we praise you\, honouring y
 our sacred memory\,* O most blessed one.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nati
 ons\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nO divinely wise martyr Call
 istratus\, enriched by the word of life\,* you guided to life those who be
 fore were dead in accursedness through ignorance\;* and\, dying with zeal\
 , O glorious one\, for the resurrection of us all\,* they are most truly b
 elieved to dwell in Christ.* With them remember us to the all-good Lord.\n
 \nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure
 .\n\nO sacred martyr Gymnasius\,* beheaded by the sword\, you truly drowne
 d the Pharaoh of falsehood in the torrent of your blood\;* and now you pou
 r forth healings upon all who have recourse to your temple with faith\,* w
 ho praise your struggles\, and celebrate your honoured memory\, O blessed 
 one.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… \n\nBefore Your precious Cross\, death was terri
 fying to men\;* but after Your glorious Passion\, man was terrifying to de
 ath.* Thus was the athlete able to abolish all the power of the enemy:* Th
 rough his supplications save our souls\, O Christ.\n\nTone 1\, Now...\n\nL
 et us sing a hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary\,* glory of the whole world
 !* She was herself formed by human seed\,* yet she became the Mother of th
 e Master\, the Gate of heaven\,* the theme of the angels’ hymn and beaut
 y of the faithful.* She was seen as being heavenly* and the Tabernacle of 
 the Godhead.* She indeed tore down the wall of enmity between God and man\
 ,* and brought peace in its place.* She opened up the kingdom of heaven.* 
 Let us therefore cling fast to her for she is the anchor of faith\,* and l
 et us receive as our stronghold the Lord Who was born of her.* Be of good 
 cheer\, then\, and have confidence\, O people of God\,* for He will fight 
 our enemies for us\,* He is all-powerful!\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 1\n\nO Chri
 st\, by Your passion we have been freed from suffering\;* and by Your resu
 rrection we have been delivered from corruption.* O Lord\, glory to You!\n
 \nThe Lord reigns\, He is clothed in majesty. Robed is the Lord\, and girt
  about with strength.\n\nLet all creation rejoice\, let the heavens be gla
 d\,* let the nations clap their hands with joy.* For Christ our Saviour\, 
 in His love for mankind\,* has nailed our sins to the Cross\;* He has put 
 Death to death\,* and by raising our fallen forefather\, Adam\,* He has gi
 ven life to all mankind.\n\nFor He has made the world firm\, which shall n
 ot be moved.\n\nO God\, You are above all understanding\;* You are King an
 d Lord of heaven and earth.* Yet of Your own free will\,* You allowed Your
 self to be crucified because of Your love for mankind.* When You descended
  below\,* Hades was filled with bitterness as You confronted it\;* but the
  souls of the just received You with great joy.* Adam arose when he saw Yo
 u\, his Creator\, down in the depths.* What a wonder this is!* You are the
  life of all and have tasted death* in order to dispel the darkness of the
  world with Your light.* O Lord\, risen from the dead\,* glory to You!\n\n
 Holiness befits Your house\, O Lord\, for length of days.\n\nThe myrrh-bea
 ring women were filled with grief* as they hastened with spices to Your to
 mb\;* but they did not find Your most pure body.* Instead\, they found an 
 angel* who proclaimed Your unique and glorious resurrection\,* and command
 ed them to announce to Your apostles:* The Lord is risen\,* granting great
  mercy to the world.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Mother of God\, the prophecy 
 of Isaiah is fulfilled\,* since you remained a virgin both before and afte
 r giving birth.* For it was God Who was born of you to restore our human n
 ature.* Therefore\, do not overlook your servants who supplicate you in yo
 ur temple.* Since you have held the merciful Lord in your arms\,* be compa
 ssionate toward your servants\,* and beseech Him to save our souls.\n\nTro
 paria\n\nTone 1\n\nThough the stone was sealed by the Judeans* and soldier
 s guarded Your most pure body\,* You arose\, O Saviour\, on the third day*
  and gave life to the world.* And so the heavenly powers cried out to You\
 , O Giver of Life:* Glory to Your Resurrection\, O Christ!* Glory to Your 
 Kingdom!* Glory to Your saving plan!* O only Lover of mankind.\n\nTone 4\,
  Glory… \n\nYour martyrs\, O Lord\, by their passion acquired the crowns
  of incorruptibility from You\, our God.* For possessing Your power they o
 vercame the torturers* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By t
 heir supplications\, save our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nO Mother of God\, the my
 stery hidden from all eternity* and unknown even to the angels\,* was reve
 aled through you to those on earth:* God took on our human nature* and uni
 ted it to His divine nature in a perfect but unconfused union.* Then\, He 
 willingly accepted the cross for our sake* and thereby raised again the fi
 rst created man\,* and saved our souls from death.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nSUNDAY MA
 TINS\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Ton
 e 1\n\nTroparia\, Tone 1\n\nThough the stone was sealed by the Judeans* an
 d soldiers guarded Your most pure body\,* You arose\, O Saviour\, on the t
 hird day* and gave life to the world.* And so the heavenly powers cried ou
 t to You\, O Giver of Life:* Glory to Your Resurrection\, O Christ!* Glory
  to Your Kingdom!* Glory to Your saving plan!* O only Lover of mankind. (2
 )\n\nTone 4\, Glory… \n\nYour martyrs\, O Lord\, by their passion acquir
 ed the crowns of incorruptibility from You\, our God.* For possessing Your
  power they overcame the torturers* and shattered the feeble insolence of 
 demons.* By their supplications\, save our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nO Mother of
  God\, the mystery hidden from all eternity* and unknown even to the angel
 s\,* was revealed through you to those on earth:* God took on our human na
 ture* and 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 the first created man\,* and saved our souls from death.\n\nPsalter
  Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalms 9\, 10\nStasis II: Psalms 11\, 12\, 13\nStasi
 s III: Psalms 14\, 15\, 16\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 1\n\nW
 hile watching Your grave\, the soldiers became as dead men* from the light
 ning flash of the Angel* who appeared and proclaimed to the women the Resu
 rrection.* We glorify You\, the destroyer of corruption\;* we fall down be
 fore You\, who has risen from the grave* and who alone are our God.\n\nAri
 se\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted on high\;* forget not Your p
 oor to the end.\n\nYou were willingly nailed to the Cross\, O Compassionat
 e one\,* and laid in a tomb as a mortal\, O Giver of life.* By Your death\
 , O Powerful one\,* You have smashed its might\;* for gatekeepers of Hades
  trembled before You\;* You have raised with You the dead from every age\,
 * for You alone love mankind.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAll we who with love f
 lee for refuge to your goodness* know you to be the Mother of God* and aft
 er childbirth still truly Virgin\;* for we sinners have you as our protect
 ion\;* we have you as our salvation in misfortunes\,* as the only All-imma
 culate one.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nStasis I: Psalm 17\nStasis II: Psalms 18
 \, 19\, 20\nStasis III: Psalms 21\, 22\, 23\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional H
 ymn\, Tone 1\n\nThe women came to Your tomb at dawn* and seeing a vision o
 f an Angel they trembled\;* the tomb became resplendent with life\;* and a
 mazed by the miracle\, they returned to the disciples and proclaimed the R
 esurrection:* for Christ has despoiled Hades\,* as alone almighty and all 
 powerful\,* raising up those in corruption\,* dispelling the fear of conde
 mnation* by the power of the Cross.\n\nI will confess You\, O Lord\, with 
 my whole heart\,* I will tell of all Your wonders.\n\nO Life of all\, You 
 were nailed to the Cross\;* O immortal Lord\, You were numbered among the 
 dead\,* arising on the third day\, O Saviour\,* raising Adam from corrupti
 on\;* wherefore the heavenly Powers cried out to You:* O Giver of life\, G
 lory to Your sufferings\, O Christ\;* glory to Your Resurrection\;* glory 
 to Your condescension\,* O only Lover of mankind’.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\
 nO Mary\, holy tabernacle of the Master\,* raise us up who have fallen int
 o the pit of wicked despair\, of transgressions and afflictions\;* for you
  are the salvation\,* the help and the mighty protection of sinners\,* and
  you save your servants.\n\nPolyeleos\n\nEvlogitaria\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHy
 pakoe\, Tone 1\n\nThe Thief’s repentance plundered Paradise\,* but the M
 yrrh-bearers’ lamentations announced the joy that You have risen\, O Chr
 ist God\,* granting the world great mercy.\n\nHymn of Ascent\, Tone 1\n\nA
 ntiphon 1\n\nWhen I am afflicted\,* I cry to You\, O Lord\,* hearken to my
  pains.\n\nFor those who dwell in the desert* the longing for God never ce
 ases\,* for they are far from the vanity of this world.\n\nGlory… Now…
 \n\nTo the Holy Spirit\, as to the Father and the Son\,* are due honour an
 d glory\;* thus let us sing to the Trinity\,* a single power.\n\nAntiphon 
 2\n\nHaving lifted me up to the summit of Your laws\,* make me shine with 
 virtues\, O God\,* that I may sing Your praises.\n\nTake me with Your righ
 t hand\, O Word\,* guard me and keep me\,* lest the fire of sin scorch me.
 \n\nGlory… Now…\n\nIn the Holy Spirit all creation is made new* and ha
 stens back to its original condition\;* for He is equal in strength* to th
 e Father and the Word.\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nWith those who said to me:* Let us
  journey to the courts of the Lord\,* my Spirit was gladdened and my heart
  rejoices.\n\nIn the house of David is great fear\;* for when the thrones 
 are set therein\,* all the tribes and nations of the earth will be judged.
 \n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTo the Holy Spirit must be offered honor\, adoratio
 n\, glory\, and power\,* as befits also the Father and the Son\;* for the 
 Trinity is a Unity\,* one in essence\, but not in Hypostases.\n\nProkeimen
 on\, Tone 1\n\nI myself will arise\, says the Lord.* I will grant them the
  salvation for which they thirst.\n\nverse: The words of the Lord are word
 s without alloy.\n\nLet everything that lives\, Tone 1\n\nMatins Gospel 7\
 n\nJohn 20:1–10\n\nHymn of Resurrection\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 5
 0\n\nCanon\, Tone 1\n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: Your warrior hand is glorious in st
 rength\, O deathless one!* All-powerful\, in manner fit for God\,* it brok
 e the enemy in pieces\,* and devised for Israel a strange\, new way throug
 h the deep.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHe\, who with 
 pure hands divinely working in the beginning formed me from the earth\, sp
 read out those hands upon the cross\, and from the earth recalled my corru
 ptible body which he had received from the Virgin.\n\nGlory to your holy R
 esurrection\, O Lord.\n\nHe\, who divinely breathing into me implanted wit
 hin me a soul\, suffered dissolution for me\, and delivered his soul to de
 ath\; loosing the age-old bonds and raising me with himself\, he made me g
 lorious in incorruption.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHail\, fount of grace! Hail
 \, ladder and gate of heaven! Hail\, bearer of the light\, vessel of gold\
 , mountain unhewn and bearer of Christ\, the giver of life to the world!\n
 \n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: You alone\, knowing the frailty of mortal man
 \, tenderly took its form\;* gird me with power from on high\, crying to y
 ou:* Holy is the living temple of your pure glory\,* O Lover of man!\n\nGl
 ory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Good One\, you are my God\, i
 n pity for the fallen you determined to come down to me\; you have raised 
 me up by your crucifixion\, crying to you: Holy is the Lord of glory\, in 
 goodness beyond compare!\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO
  Christ divinely existing life as God compassionate you clothed yourself w
 ith me\, corrupted one\; coming down to the dust of death\, O Lord\, you b
 roke the chains of man’s mortality and on the third day\, rising\, cloth
 ed the dead with incorruption.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWhen by the all-holy 
 Spirit\, O Virgin\, you conceived God in your womb\, you remained unconsum
 ed by the fire\; for to Moses the lawgiver\, the bush burning yet unconsum
 ed clearly foretold you who received the fire unendurable.\n\nKondak\, Ton
 e 3\n\nThe Church\, making every effort today\, * offers up mystic praise 
 for those who suffered for her\, * O holy and divine martyrs\,* right vict
 orious and all-wise.\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 5\n\nO faithful\, let us pra
 ise the sufferings of Callistratus\,* let us hymn the pangs of Gymnasius\,
 * and with love let us bless those who suffered patiently with them\;* and
  let us cry out to them:* O warriors of piety\,* ask that we be given peac
 e and great mercy.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nQuickly heal my much suffering so
 ul of the passions\, * and my flesh of its infirmities. * Establish my min
 d in firmness\, O most immaculate one\, * and grant me quietude of thought
 \, * that I may offer pure prayers to the King of all O Theotokos\, * and 
 ask for the remission of sins.\n\nOde 4\n\nIrmos: Habbakuk with the forese
 eing eyes apprehended you\,* the mountain by divine grace overshadowed\,* 
 and proclaimed the Holy One of Israel to come forth from you* for our salv
 ation and remaking.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWho is
  this Saviour that comes from Edom\, crowned with thorns\, with garments r
 eddened\, hanging on a tree? He is the Holy One of Israel for our salvatio
 n and remaking.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nSee\, diso
 bedient people\, and be ashamed! He\, whom you\, as an evildoer\, madly be
 gged Pilate to hang upon the cross\, he\, as belongs to God\, has dissolve
 d the power of death and risen from the tomb.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virg
 in\, we know you as a tree of life\, for there sprang from you not the dea
 th-bearing fruit of food for mortal men but fruition of life eternal for t
 he salvation of us who sing to you.\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: O Christ\, you have
  illumined the ends of the earth* by the brightness of your coming and mad
 e them radiant with joy by your cross\;* enlighten with the light of the k
 nowledge of you* the hearts of those who with right belief sing your prais
 e.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe Jews put to death o
 n the tree of the cross the great shepherd of the sheep and the Lord\; but
  he rescued the dead from the power of death\, terrified sheep in Hell.\n\
 nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nWhen you announced the glad 
 tidings of peace by your cross and proclaimed deliverance to the captives\
 , my Saviour\, then\, O Christ\, you put to shame him who held them in thr
 all and by your divine rising showed him naked and destitute.\n\nGlory… 
 Now…\n\nAll-praised\, do not despise the prayers of those who faithfully
  entreat you but receive and present them\, O pure one\, to your Son\, our
  God and only benefactor\; for in you we have gained a protector.\n\nOde 6
 \n\nIrmos: The deepest abyss has surrounded us\, there is none to deliver\
 ,* we are counted as sheep for the slaughter\;* save your people\, our God
 \,* for you are the strength and restoring of the weak.\n\nGlory to your h
 oly Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nBy the fault of the first-fashioned man\, O 
 Lord\, we were grievously wounded\; by your stripes\, O Christ\, by which 
 for our sakes you were wounded\, we are healed\; for you are the strength 
 and restoring of the weak.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\
 nYou have brought us up from Hell\, O Lord\, you have crushed the all-devo
 uring whale by your might and laid low his strength\, O All-powerful\; for
  you are life and light and resurrection.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO pure Vir
 gin\, our forefathers rejoice in you\, and regain through you that Eden wh
 ich they destroyed by transgressions\; for you are chaste before your bear
 ing and after the birth.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 1\n\nYou arose in glory from 
 the tomb* and with Yourself You raised the world.* All humanity acclaims Y
 ou as God\,* and death has vanished.* Adam exults\, O Master\,* and Eve\, 
 redeemed now from bondage\, cries out for joy:* “You are the One\, O Chr
 ist\, Who offer resurrection to all.”\n\nOikos\n\nThe third day arising\
 , gates of Hell shattering\, the age-long dead raising\, as God of all pow
 er to him we sing praises: to the myrrh-bearing women in loving good-pleas
 ure appearing\, to those who were foremost\, saying: Rejoice\, joy to the 
 apostles proclaiming\, the only giver of life. To disciples in faith then 
 the women proclaim the tokens of victory\, and Hell groans and death lamen
 ts\, the whole world exults\, all things rejoice together\, for you\, O Ch
 rist\, have bestowed upon all resurrection.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 7\n\nIrmos: 
 We\, the faithful\, discern you\, Mother of God\, as furnace of intellect:
 * for as he\, the most highly exalted\, kept safe the three children* so i
 n your womb he re-fashioned man wholly\,* God of our fathers\, praised and
  glorious above all.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nThe e
 arth shuddered with fear\, the sun fled and with it the light darkened\, t
 he sacred veil of the temple was torn in two and the rocks were split\; fo
 r the righteous one was fixed to the cross\, God of our fathers\, praised 
 and glorious above all.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nOf
  your own will for us you became as one with no help and wounded among the
  dead\, O most highly exalted\, and freed us all\; and with your strong ha
 nd you raised us up with yourself\, God of our fathers\, praised and glori
 ous above all.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHail\, spring of ever-living water! H
 ail\, paradise of delight! Hail\, fortress of the faithful! Hail\, unwedde
 d one! Hail\, joy of all the world from whom has sprung for us the God of 
 our fathers\, praised and glorious above all!\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 8\n\nIrmos
 : In the fiery oven as in a smelting furnace* the Israelite children shone
  bright with the beauty of godliness purer than gold\,* and they said: Ble
 ss the Lord\, all his works\,* praise and highly exalt him throughout all 
 the ages.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Word of God\, 
 maker and transformer of all by your will\, changing the shadow of death i
 nto everlasting life by your Passion\, we\, all your works\, unceasingly p
 raise you as Lord\, and highly exalt you throughout all the age ·.\n\nGlo
 ry to your holy Resurrection\, O Lord.\n\nRising on the third day from the
  grave\, O Christ\, you demolished the destruction and misery within the g
 ates and strongholds of Hell. All your works unceasingly praise you as Lor
 d\, and highly exalt you throughout all the ages.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nLe
 t us sing to her who without seed and above nature brought forth Christ th
 e precious pearl from the divine lightning\, and let us say: Bless the Lor
 d\, all his works\, praise and highly exalt him throughout all the ages.\n
 \n \n\nMagnificat\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: The bush ever burning and
  never consumed* was the type of your pure child-bearing\;* quench now for
  us the raging furnace of temptations\, we pray you\,* that we may unceasi
 ngly magnify you\, Mother of God.\n\nGlory to your holy Resurrection\, O L
 ord.\n\nO how the lawless and disobedient people\, devising evil\, made ri
 ght the accursed and ungodly man and condemned the righteous\, the Lord of
  glory\, to the tree! Worthily\, we magnify him!\n\nGlory to your holy Res
 urrection\, O Lord.\n\nO Saviour\, innocent Lamb\, taking away the sins of
  the world\, risen on the third day\, we glorify you\, together with the F
 ather and your divine Spirit\; acknowledging you as God\, we magnify you\,
  the Lord of glory.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nSave your people\, Lord\, whom y
 ou purchased with your precious blood. Grant strength to the king against 
 his enemies\, Lover of man\, and bestow peace on your churches through the
  prayers of the Mother of God.\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHoly is the Lord\n\nHymn
  of Light\n\nWhen Mary Magdalene said they have carried away my Lord\, Pet
 er and the other disciple whom Jesus loved hastened to the grave. They bot
 h came and found the wrappings inside the tomb\, and the cloth\, which was
  on His head\, lying aside. The disciples remained silent until they truly
  beheld Christ.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nGlory… \n\nO the wonder! How have those wh
 o are clay by nature been shown to be golden? For neither fire\, nor the s
 word\, nor the teeth of wild beasts\, nor tortures\, nor wounds destroyed 
 them\; and\, having cast down the incorporeal one with their flesh\, they 
 pray for us to the Lord.\n\nNow…\n\nO most merciful Christ\, You perform
 ed wondrous deeds for my sake. You were born of a virgin Maiden in a manne
 r beyond description\; You suffered the crucifixion and death\; and You ro
 se in glory\, releasing our nature from death. Therefore\, glory to Your m
 ajesty and power\, O Christ.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Prai
 ses\, Tone 1\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this honour is fo
 r all His faithful.\n\nWe sing the praise of Your saving Passion\, O Chris
 t\,* and we glorify Your Resurrection.\n\nPraise God in His holy place\, p
 raise Him in His mighty heavens.\n\nHaving endured the Cross\,* and destro
 yed death* and risen from the dead\,* grant peace to our lives\, O Lord\,*
  as You alone are All-powerful.\n\nPraise Him for His powerful deeds\,* pr
 aise His surpassing greatness.\n\nHaving despoiled Hades* and raised manki
 nd by Your Resurrection\, O Christ\, * grant that with pure hearts* we may
  praise and glorify You.\n\nO praise Him with sound of trumpet\,* praise H
 im with lute and harp\;\n\nAs we glorify Your divine condescension\,* we p
 raise You\, O Christ:* For You were born of a Virgin\,* yet You were not s
 eparated from the Father\;* as man You suffered and willingly endured the 
 Cross\;* arising from the grave\, as though coming forth from Your bridal 
 chamber\,* that You might save the world.* O Lord\, glory be to You!\n\nPr
 aise Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and pipes.\n\nW
 hen You were nailed to the Tree of the Cross\,* then the might of the enem
 y was slain\;* creation shook in fear of You\,* and Hades was despoiled by
  Your might.* You raised the dead from their tombs* and opened Paradise to
  the Thief.* O Christ our God\, glory be to You!\n\nO praise Him with reso
 unding cymbals\, praise Him with clashing of cymbals.* Let everything that
  lives and that breathes give praise to the Lord.\n\nLamenting\, the holy 
 women came with haste to Your grave\;* but finding the tomb opened and lea
 rning from the Angel* the new and marvelous wonder\,* they announced to th
 e Apostles\,* The Lord has arisen\,* granting the world His great mercy.\n
 \nArise\, O Lord my God\, let Your hands be lifted up\, * forget not Your 
 poor ones to the end. \n\nWe bow down before the divine stripes of Your pa
 ssion\, O Christ God\,* and the royal sacrifice that took place divinely r
 evealed in Sion at the end of the ages\;* for You\, the Sun of righteousne
 ss\,* enlightened those who slept in darkness\,* leading them to the never
 -setting radiance\,* O Lord\, glory be to You!\n\nI will confess You\, O L
 ord\, with my whole heart\,* I will tell all Your wonders.\n\nO Tumultuous
  race of the Jews\, give ear.* Where are those who approached Pilate?* Let
  the soldiers who kept watch say\,* where are the seals of the grave?* To 
 where has the one who was buried been moved?* Where has the One who is not
  for sale been sold?* How has the treasure been burgled?* O Lawless Jews\,
  why do you slander the Rising of the Crucified?* He has arisen\, as one f
 ree among the dead\,* and grants to the world His great mercy.\n\nTone 7\,
  Glory… Gospel Sticheron:\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nBehold the end of night and dawn
  of day. Why have you stood at the grave\, O Mary? Great darkness covered 
 your mind\, so you asked the angel: Where has Jesus been placed? Behold\, 
 the disciples who hastened to the tomb saw a sign of His resurrection in t
 he burial wrappings and the cloth and remembered what was said about Him i
 n the Scriptures. Therefore\, we who believe through them praise You\, O C
 hrist\, the Giver of life.\n\nIn Tone 2\, Now…\n\nYou are truly most ble
 ssed\, O virgin Mother of God.* Through the One who was incarnate of 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 i
 s why we cry out in praise\;* Blessed are You\, O Christ our God\,* who fi
 nds in this your good pleasure. Glory to You!\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTrisagi
 on Prayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2\n\nToday salvation has come to the world.
 * Let us sing to Him who is risen from the tomb\,* the Author of Life who 
 has crushed Death by his death* and bestowed on us victory and great mercy
 .\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\nAT D
 IVINE LITURGY ON SUNDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, To
 ne 1: Though the stone was sealed by the Judeans\,* and soldiers guarded Y
 our most pure body\,* You arose\, O Saviour\, on the third day\,* and gave
  life to the world.* And so the heavenly powers cried out to You\, O Giver
  of Life:* Glory to Your resurrection\, O Christ!* Glory to Your kingdom!*
  Glory to Your saving plan\,* O only Lover of mankind.\n\nGlory be to the 
 Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 1: You a
 rose in glory from the tomb* and with Yourself You raised the world.* All 
 humanity acclaims You as God\,* and death has vanished.* Adam exults\, O M
 aster\,* and Eve\, redeemed now from bondage\, cries out for joy:* “You 
 are the One\, O Christ\, Who offer resurrection to all.”\n\nNow and for 
 ever and ever. Amen.\n\nTheotokion\, Tone 1: When Gabriel uttered to you\,
  O Virgin\, his ‘Rejoice!’* at that sound the Master of all became fle
 sh in you\, the Holy Ark.* As the just David said\,* you have become wider
  than the heavens carrying your Creator.* Glory to Him Who dwelt in you!* 
 Glory to Him Who came forth from you!* Glory to Him Who freed us through b
 irth from you!\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 1\n\nLet Your mercy\, O Lord\, be upo
 n us\, as we have hoped in You.\n\nverse: Rejoice in the Lord\, O you just
 \; praise befits the righteous. (Psalm 32:22\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\n2 Corinthia
 ns 9:6-11\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: God gives me vindication\, and ha
 s subdued peoples under me.\n\nverse: Making great the salvation of the ki
 ng\, and showing mercy to His anointed\, to David\, and to His posterity f
 orever. (Psalm 17:48\,51)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 5:1-11\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nPr
 aise the Lord from the heavens\;* praise Him in the highest (Psalm 148:1).
 * Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia.
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