BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:558@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260820 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260821 DTSTAMP:20260805T151721Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/thursday-august-20-2026-the-holy -prophet-samuel/ SUMMARY:Thursday\, August 20\, 2026\; The Holy Prophet Samuel. DESCRIPTION:Post-feast of the Dormition\n\nAT VESPERS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING\ n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n \nTone 6\, Podoben “Having set all aside…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities \, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be reve red.\n\nToday the all-immaculate Theotokos who gave birth to Life\,* has p assed on to everlasting life\,* bestowing mercy upon the faithful\;* and a ll creation now rejoices\, leaping up\;* companies of angels now escort he r as their Queen\,* making festive hymnody in songs\;* and her only Son\, the King of all\,* has made her to dwell with Him\,* as one who has domini on over all.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul pati ently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nBorn on clouds from all the ends of the earth\,* the divinely eloquent apostles a rrived\,* born up in Sion\, to behold* the glorious and truly holy dormiti on of the Mother of the Lord\,* and to offer her splendid words* and to pe rform her wondrous burial\,* in that she gave birth to the Lord\,* and is the refuge of all the faithful\,* and their truly mighty\, divine and invi ncible protection on earth.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Isr ael trust in the Lord.\n\nLet us all radiantly celebrate* on the divine do rmition of her who is more highly exalted than all created beings\,* offer ing to her gifts of light truly divine\,* and those things which are fit f or her:* faith\, hope and serene love\,* purity\, sanctity\, and righteous ness\, wherein she delights.* May she vouchsafe us a portion with her* and count us worthy of the kingdom on high.\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “You have g iven a sign…”\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniqui ties.\n\nHaving received you as a worthy fruit of prayer\, O Samuel\,* and given you to God her Benefactor as she had promised\,* she who gave birth to you* made of you a right acceptable gift with her maternal hands.* Whe refore\, the grace of the Spirit rested upon you\, O glorious one\,* causi ng you to grow in guilelessness\,* and adorning you with wisdom.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nInv ested as a priest with sacred chrism\,* and shown to be a prophet\,* you f oresaw things which were to come\,* and at the command of God anointed a k ing\;* you foretold the future\,* judging with justice the people of Israe l who sinned without ceasing* and withdrew themselves from their God\,* O right wondrous Samuel\, all-rich God-bearer.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nHaving put aside the gl oom and heaviness of the flesh\,* you now behold Him whom you desired\,* n ot in reflections\, nor in shadows\, as before\, but face to face\;* and g oing about the heavens\, you rejoice\, O most honoured prophet\,* who are the peer of the other prophets of God\,* converser with the righteous\,* w ho share in the portion of the angels.\n\nTone 6\, Glory… Now…\n\nO Th eotokos\, Mother of Life\,* the apostles\, who were scattered throughout t he world\,* were caught up in the air by clouds and borne to your dormitio n\;* and in a single choir they stood before your all-holy body\;* and\, b urying it with honour\, they sang\,* chanting to you the cry of Gabriel:* Rejoice\, you who are full of grace\,* Virgin Mother unwedded\,* the Lord is with you!* With them entreat your Son and our God\, that our souls be s aved.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 6\n\nFollowing the words of the divine Gabriel\ , we cry out to you:* Rejoice\, O pure one!* Therefore\, O all-holy Mother of the Lord\,* having passed on to Him\,* be mindful of them that hymn yo u.\n\nArise\, O Lord\, into Your rest\,* You and the ark of Your holiness. \n\nThrough the Holy Spirit\, the immeasurable Wisdom of God* made of you a temple for Himself\,* in manner past understanding\, O Theotokos\;* and now He has brought you over to the immaterial mansions of heaven\,* O all- hymned one.\n\nThe Lord has sworn in truth to David\,* and He will not ann ul it.\n\nA servant\, I now approach you\, the Mother of the God of all\,* praying to be delivered from all temptations.* O Theotokos\, who reign wi th your Son\,* preserve the Christian race.\n\nTone 6\, Glory… Now…\n\ nWhen the repose of your all-pure body drew nigh\,* the apostles\, standin g about your bed\, looked upon you with trembling\;* and they\, gazing at your body\, were seized with awe.* And Peter cried aloud to you\, weeping: * O Virgin\, I behold you clearly stretched out\, the life of all\,* and I am amazed\, for in your body* the Delight of the life to come made His ab ode!* O all-pure one\, earnestly entreat your Son and God\,* that your flo ck be saved unharmed.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 2\n\nAs we celebrate the memory of Your prophet\, Samuel\,* O Lord\, we beseech You through him: “Save o ur souls!”\n\nTone 1\, Glory… Now…\n\nIn giving birth you retained y our virginity\,* in falling asleep you did not abandon the world\, O Mothe r of God.* You passed into life\, for you are the Mother of Life\,* and by your prayers* you deliver our souls from death.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON T HURSDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: In giving birth you retained your virginity\,* in falling asleep you did not abandon the world\, O Mother of God.* You passed into life\, for you are the Moth er of Life\,* and by your prayers* you deliver our souls from death.\n\nTr oparion\, Tone 2: As we celebrate the memory of Your prophet\, Samuel\,* O Lord\, we beseech You through him: “Save our souls!”\n\nGlory be to t he Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: En lightened by the spirit* your pure heart\, having seen the distant in the present* became a vessel of brilliant prophecy\;* and so we honour you\, O blessed and glorious prophet\, Samuel.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen .\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: The tomb and death could not hold the Mother of G od\,* unceasing in her intercession and unfailing hope of patronage\,* for \, as the Mother of Life\, she was transferred to life* by Him Who had dwe lt in her ever-virgin womb.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nMy soul magnifies t he Lord\, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.\n\nverse: Because he has regarded the humility of His handmaid\; for behold\, all generation s shall call me blessed. (Luke 1:46-48)\n\nEpistle\n\n2 Corinthians 10:7-1 8\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: Rise up\, O Lord\, to the place of Your r est\, You and the ark of Your holiness.\n\nverse: The Lord swore an oath t o David\, and will not go back on His word. (Psalm 131:8\,11)\n\nGospel\n\ nMark 3:28-35\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nSeeing the pure one’s falling asleep\, angels marvelled in wonder how the Virgin could ascend from earth to heaven.\n\nAnd the Irmos: O pure Virgin\, in you are conquered the bou nds of nature\,* for childbirth remains virginal and death is betrothed to life.* Virgin after childbearing and alive after death\, O Mother of God\ ,* never cease to save your inheritance.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nI will take the chalice of salvation\;* and I will call upon the name of the Lord.* Al leluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 115:13) 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