BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:487@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260611 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260612 DTSTAMP:20260607T201509Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/thursday-june-11-2026-the-holy-a postles-bartholomew-and-barnabas/ SUMMARY:Thursday\, June 11\, 2026\; The Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barn abas. DESCRIPTION:Polyeleos Feast.  Apostle’s Fast\n\nAT GREAT VESPERS ON WEDN ESDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\n“Blessed is the man...” is sung.\ n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nYou drew the ends of the earth out of the depths of vainglory* and evil ungodliness* with the net of your words\, O divinel y eloquent Apostle.* You brought them with faith to Christ God\, * Who ha d given you such grace.* You are His divine disciple and the preacher of H is mysteries\,* O Apostle Bartholomew.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to t he voice of my prayer.\n\nYou drew the ends of the earth out of the depths of vainglory* and evil ungodliness* with the net of your words\, O divine ly eloquent Apostle.* You brought them with faith to Christ God\, * Who h ad given you such grace.* You are His divine disciple and the preacher of His mysteries\,* O Apostle Bartholomew.\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nJ esus our God\, the Sun of glory* sent you to the whole world like a ray of light* to disperse the gloom of ungodliness\, O all-glorious one\,* and t o enlighten all who sit in the darkness of ignorance.* You made them heirs of the light\, O divinely wise Bartholomew!\n\nI have waited for You as Y ou have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nJesus our God\, the Sun of glory* sent you to the whole world like a ray of light* to disperse the gloom of ungodliness\, O all-glorious one\,* and to enlighten all who sit in the darkness of ignor ance.* You made them heirs of the light\, O divinely wise Bartholomew!\n\n From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nSubmi tting to the will of Him Whose will all things obey\,* you imitated Him as a teacher of righteousness.* Because of His suffering on the Cross\,* you stand before your ultimate desire\,* joining the chorus with the Angels a nd Apostles\,* O glorious Bartholomew.* You rejoiced as you drank the cup of death.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plen tiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\ nYou have received invincible authority and power\, O Apostle\,* over demo ns in the Name of Christ\,* to drive away the princes of darkness.* You tr avelled over the earth illumining it as brightly as the sun.* You were the first to arrive in Rome\, O Barnabas\,* preaching the saving coming of Ch rist.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nYou imitated the First Goodness* and the essential and all-div ine life.* You became a good man in essence\, O Barnabas\,* receiving a na me meaning “Son of Consolation.”* By the goodness of your character an d purity of your mind\,* you showed yourself to be a true disciple of Chri st!\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth e ndure.\n\nYou were an instrument well-tuned by the action of the Spirit\, O Barnabas.* You committed yourself to summoning the nations\,* guiding th em to the knowledge of Christ by your words and deeds.* You have enlighten ed all to confess the true divinity of Jesus\,* the Friend of Man and the Saviour of our souls!\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nO all praised Barnabas\,* ra diant vessel of the Holy Spirit and “Son of Consolation\,”* even befor e Paul you were the foremost of the seventy disciples\;* with Paul you pre ached the Gospel to the ends of the earth.* Therefore\, fulfilling your ta lk of grace with your deeds\,* you offered yourself as an immaculate whole burnt offering to Christ\, your Teacher.* O glorious Apostle\, we pray to you:* “Ever pray that our souls may be saved in peace!”\n\nNow…\n\n Who would not call you blessed\, O Virgin most holy?* Who would not sing a hymn of praise* to the glory of your giving birth without pain or travail ?* The Only-begotten Son Himself\,* begotten of the Father before all ages \,* was made flesh out of you in a manner* that cannot be explained\, O Wo man most pure!* And for our sake\, He Who is God by nature* assumed the na ture of a man.* He is not divided into two persons\;* He is understood to have two natures* without commixion or confusion.* O noble and blessed Wom an\,* intercede with Him that He may mercy on our souls.\n\nReadings\n\n(1 ) 1 Peter 1:3-9\; (2) 1 Peter 1:13-19\; (3) 1 Peter 2:11-24\n\nAposticha\n \nTone 1\n\nYour proclamation of salvation\, O Apostles and seers of God\, * has gone out into all the earth\,* enlightening the souls of those who w ere lost\,* bringing to Christ those who were illumined by grace of God.* Therefore pray that He may grant our souls peace and great mercy!\n\nTheir proclamation has gone out into all the earth\, and their words to the end s of the universe.\n\nO all-radiant beacons of Christ\,* most pure vessels containing the outpouring of the Holy Spirit through faith\,* O all-wise Apostles\, O pillars of the Church\,* all-glorious heavens declaring to al l the glory of God:* entreat Him that He may grant out souls peace and gre at mercy!\n\nThe heavens are telling the glory of God\, and the firmament proclaims His handiwork.\n\nO blessed ones\, you brought to Christ God* th e nations that were ransomed by His blood.* He was well pleased to be born on earth\,* and He freely endured the Cross and death.* O glorious ones\, entreat Him now* that He may grant our souls peace and great mercy!\n\nTo ne 8\, Glory…\n\nO all-praised Barnabas\, Apostle of the Saviour\,* you are a vessel of faith\, the “Son of Consolation\,”* the calm harbour o f the storm-tossed.* Since you have boldness\, ever pray for our souls* th at we may be preserved in peace on the day of your memorial!\n\nNow…\n\n O Virgin\, You have never known wedlock\,* Yet You conceived God in the fl esh* in a manner which words can never describe.* You thus became the Moth er of God on high.* O Immaculate Lady\, receive the supplication of your s ervants* and grant us the cleansing of our sins.* Accept now our prayers a nd beseech God to save all of us.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 1\n\nReceiving the S pirit as He came in fiery tongues\,* you preached the coming of the Word i n the flesh.* While one of you was beheaded for the Gospel\, * the other e ndured stoning for the sake of the faith.* You have been sent to adorn the choirs of heaven\, O Bartholomew and Barnabas.* We honour your memory and ask that you intercede* with God to forgive our sins.\n\nGlory… Now…\ n\nO Holy Tabernacle\, when Gabriel called out to you:* Rejoice\, O Virgin \, full of grace\,* the Lord of All became incarnate of you\,* as the righ teous David had foretold.* In bearing your Creator\, you have shown yourse lf to surpass the vastness of the heavens.* We\, therefore\, cry out: Glor y to Him Who dwelt in you!* Glory to Him Who came forth from you!* Glory t o Him Who has set us free* through your life-giving birth!\n\n \;\n\nA T FESTAL MATINS ON THURSDAY MORNING\n\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGre at Litany\n\nGod the Lord\, Tone 1\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1\n\nReceiving the Spirit as He came in fiery tongues\,* you preached the coming of the Word in the flesh.* While one of you was beheaded for the Gospel\, * the other endured stoning for the sake of the faith.* You have been sent to adorn th e choirs of heaven\, O Bartholomew and Barnabas.* We honour your memory an d ask that you intercede* with God to forgive our sins. (2)\n\nGlory… No w…\n\nReceiving the Spirit as He came in fiery tongues\,* you preached t he coming of the Word in the flesh.* While one of you was beheaded for the Gospel\, * the other endured stoning for the sake of the faith.* You have been sent to adorn the choirs of heaven\, O Bartholomew and Barnabas.* We honour your memory and ask that you intercede* with God to forgive our si ns.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 1\n\nThe s piritual choir of the apostles was mystically sent into the world by God m ost high.* They were revealed to be physicians of the suffering\,* calling upon the unity in three Persons* they wisely described the divine Incarna tion* of the Lord Emmanuel!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWe hymn you\, Virgin\, a s the unburnt bush that Moses beheld\,* the mountain of God\, the holy clo ud\,* the undefiled tabernacle\, the God-pleasing table\,* the palace of t he most high King\, the most radiant and impassable gate!\n\nPsalter Readi ng\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 4\n\nYou enlighten the ends of the earth like stars* with the radiance of splendour:* The divine doctrin es of your holy preaching\,* Apostles of the Lord\,* initiates of the myst eries of heaven!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nFaithful\, let us bless the Theotok os\, the fervent aid of those in need\,* our help and reconciliation with God\,* for whose sake we have been delivered from corruption!\n\nPolyeleos \n\nExaltation\n\nWe extol you\,* O Bartholomew and Barnabas\, apostles of Christ!* who through your preaching enlightened the whole world* and brou ght all the nations to Christ.\n\nverse: You establish them as kings over all the earth.\n\nverse: Your lightning flashes illuminate the entire univ erse.\n\nverse: He gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God! \n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAlleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Glory be to You\, O G od! (3)\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 3\n\nO divine trumpets of the Comforter!* You proclaimed the gospel of salvation to the world\;* yo u awakened those who were slumbering in the darkness of deceit\,* and led them to the light of the knowledge of God.* O apostles of the divine Light \,* implore Christ our God to save our souls.\n\nHymn of Ascent\, Tone 4\, Antiphon 1\n\nFrom my youth do many passions war against me\;* but do You Yourself defend* and save me\, O my Saviour.\n\nYou haters of Sion shall be shamed by the Lord\;* for like grass\, by the fire* shall you be wither ed.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nIn the Holy Spirit\, every soul is quickened\,* and\, through cleansing\, is exalted* and made radiant* by the Triple Unit y in a hidden sacred manner.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nThrough the world their voice resounds\;* their message reaches to the ends of the earth.\n\ nverse: The heavens proclaim the glory of God\, and the firmament shows fo rth the work of His hands.\n\nLet everything that lives\, Tone 4\n\nGospel \n\nLuke 10:1-16\n\nPsalm 50\n\nVerses at Psalm 50\, Tone 6\n\nGlory…\n\ nThrough the prayers of the holy apostles\, Bartholomew and Barnabas\, O M erciful One\, remit our many sins.\n\nNow…\n\nThrough the Prayers of the Mother of God\, O Merciful One\, remit our many sins.\n\nHave mercy on me \, O God\, in Your kindness. In Your compassion blot out my offense.\n\nTh e glorious feast of the apostles of Christ’s Church has arrived\, bringi ng salvation to all. Therefore\, let us rejoice and cry out to them: Rejoi ce\, bright stars of the spiritual Sun\, lamps to those groping in darknes s. Rejoice\, immovable foundations of the divine teachings\, friends of Ch rist\, honourable vessels. Come invisibly among us and make worthy of heav enly gifts those\, who celebrate your feast with hymns.\n\nCanon\n\nOde 9\ n\nIrmos: Christ the cornerstone not cut by hand was cut from you\, the un hewn mountain\, O Virgin\, thus uniting two distinct natures in Himself. T herefore\, rejoicing\, we magnify you\, O Mother of God.\n\nO holy apostle s\, pray to God for us!\n\nHaving received from the Master power to loose the bonds of sins\, O eye-witnesses of God\, mercifully cleanse the sins o f those who honour you\, and make them worthy of salvation.\n\nO holy apos tles\, pray to God for us!\n\nTo you\, His departed friends\, Christ grant s never-fading crowns\, and fills you with the divine vision. Implore Him now to save all the churches.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nHe\, Who adorned the u niverse with but a word\, desired to come down in the flesh and take up Hi s abode in you\, O Virgin Mother\; for He has found you to be the holiest of all\, and has manifested you as the true Mother God.\n\nSmall Litany\n\ nHymn of Light\n\nO apostles of the Lord\,* you travelled to the ends of t he earth* and preached the truth of the incarnation of the Lord from a vir gin\,* converting nations from deceit\,* and enlightening and teaching all to worship the Holy Trinity.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera of the Praises\, Tone 8\n\nO Lord\, You have illumined Your apostles with the radiance of the C omforter\,* and\, owing to the spiritual enlightenment of Your wisdom\,* Y ou have established them as lamps for the strengthening of the faith\, O M aster!* Therefore\, we adore Your unspeakable love for mankind.\n\nThrough the prayers of the apostles\, O Lord\,* You have fenced in Your flock\,* preserving them unharmed from the temptations of the enemy\;* for You\, th e compassionate Lover of mankind\,* redeemed it from the bondage of the De vil with Your precious blood.\n\nYou have manifested yourselves as preciou s stones in the foundation of the Church\,* illuminating the universe with a bright light of the clear knowledge of God\,* O divine apostles. You no w stand before the throne of the Triune God\,* praying for our souls.\n\nI n Tone 4\, Glory… Now…\n\nSave us\, O Mother of Christ our God\,* from every misfortune\, so that we may cry out to you: Rejoice\,* O only media trix of our souls.\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTrisagion Prayers\n\nTroparion\n\n Insistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\n \;\n \nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON THURSDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTropar ion\, Tone 1: Receiving the Spirit as He came in fiery tongues\,* you prea ched the coming of the Word in the flesh.* While one of you was beheaded f or the Gospel\, * the other endured stoning for the sake of the faith.* Yo u have been sent to adorn the choirs of heaven\, O Bartholomew and Barnaba s.* We honour your memory and ask that you intercede* with God to forgive our sins.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. \n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: O Bartholomew\, Apostle of the Lord\,* you appeare d to the world as a shining star.* You enlightened with the splendour of y our teachings and the wonder of your miracles* all those who honour you.\n \nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 3: O Barnabas\, you became a perfect and faithful servant of the Lord.* You were the first of the seventy disciples* worthy to be the companion of Paul in his preachin g.* You proclaimed to all that Christ is the Saviour.* Therefore\, we cele brate your holy memory with hymns and songs.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 8\n\nTh eir utterance has gone forth into all the earth\, and their word unto the ends of the world.\n\nverse: The heavens tell the glory of God\, and the f irmament declares the work of His hands. (Psalm 18:5\, 2)\n\nEpistle\n\nAc ts 11:19-30\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: The heavens shall confess our w onders\, O Lord\, and Your truth in the church of the saints.\n\nverse: Go d is glorified in the assembly of the saints. (Psalm 88:6\, 8)\n\nGospel\n \nLuke 10:16-21\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth into a ll the earth\,* and their word unto the ends of the world.* Alleluia\, all eluia\,* alleluia. 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