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SUMMARY:Thursday\, May 28\, 2026\; Our Venerable Father Nicetas\, Bishop of
  Chalcedon.
DESCRIPTION:Post-feast of Pentecost.\nAT VESPERS ON WENDESDAY EVENING\nKath
 isma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 
 1\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiven
 ess is that You may be revered.\n\nBehold this is the day of joy and rejoi
 cing\,* for today from on high the Holy Spirit has appeared to the sacred 
 Apostles\,* coming from the Father in the form of fire\, and enlightening 
 all:* The fisherman have became orators of Wisdom\,* as Luke the divine Tr
 umpet wrote\,* all things have been filled with the Spirit.* Wherefore wit
 h faith we stand amazed\, offering praise to the abundance of mercy* and s
 elf-emptying of Christ our God.\n\nI have waited for You as You have comma
 nded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in t
 he Lord.\n\nLet us celebrate the solemn festival of Holy Pentecost\, and t
 he power of the Spirit\,* and the truly joyous consummation of our divine 
 hope\,* for the mystery from all ages has been revealed to us\,* wherefore
  we cry aloud to You:* O Creator of all things\, take not Your Holy Spirit
  from us O Word\,* rather send it down from the heavens\, O Saviour\,* by 
 the prayers of the Saints\, and of Your all-famed and glorious apostles\,*
  we beseech You to grant peace to our souls.\n\nFrom the morning watch unt
 il night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nToday Heaven declares the vivif
 ying power of the Saviour\,* and the might of the Divine Comforter\,* whic
 h has clearly been preached throughout all the world\,* enlightening all o
 f creation with its teachings\,* of the Unity of the undivided Trinity\,* 
 in three uncommingled Hypostases.* Wherefore let us celebrate in faith the
  coming of the Holy Spirit\,* which has appeared from on high\,* enlighten
 ing the ends of the earth.\n\nTone 4\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\,
  and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel 
 from all its iniquities.\n\nEmulating the hospitality of Abraham\, * Isaac
 ’s love for God and the guilelessness of Jacob\, * you also emulated the
  suffering of Job of Uz\, * the meekness of David and the innocence of Mos
 es\, * and having been anointed with holy chrism as Aaron was of old\, O G
 od-bearing hierarch\, ** you were manifest as a sacred wonder-worker.\n\nP
 raise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n
 \nYour great innocence dispelled the malice of the demons with the grace o
 f the divine Spirit\, * gladdening with your suffering God\, Whom you desi
 red\, * and your spirit was illumined by the indwelling of prayer. * Where
 fore\, you have received the grace of miracles\, * to heal the infirmities
 \, O Nicetas\, ** of those who piously have recourse to you.\n\nStrong is 
 the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nBound b
 y kinship\, * you kept the laws of the Holy Spirit\, O priests\, * and\, f
 ollowing the steps of the divinely wise Shepherd * Who emitted rays of mos
 t glorious healings\, * you were adorned similarly with the power of heali
 ng\, * O most glorious Nicetas and divinely wise Ignatius.\n\nTone 8\, Glo
 ry… Now…\n\nThe Comforter\, having come from the Father through Christ
  God\,* has come to us on earth today\,* therefore with faith we worship t
 he Holy Spirit.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 5\n\nO Lord\, save me by Your name\,
 * and in Your power be a judge for me.\n\nverse: O God\, hear my prayer\; 
 listen to the words of my mouth.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 1\n\nThe Holy Spirit
 \, proceeding from the Father\, and glorified in the Son\,* which supports
  and rules over all that is\,* maintaining life\, and by which we live and
  are saved\,* You do we bless: O unfailing Comforter\,* grant peace to You
 r world.\n\nCreate in me a clean heart\, O God\,* and renew a right spirit
  within me.\n\nThe Holy Spirit\, the wellspring of every good thing\,* has
  come to all the ends of the earth\, in its essential noetic power\,* fill
 ing the Apostles with joy\, and divine virtue.* Wherefore we cry aloud\, O
  ineffable Comforter\,* grant peace to Your world.\n\nCast me not away fro
 m Your presence\,* and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.\n\nThe Holy Spir
 it is God\,* equal in sovereignty and co-enthroned with the Father\,* and 
 manifest through the Son\,* most supremely pure light shining forth from t
 he Light\,* of the beginningless perfect Father\, and proceeding from the 
 Son.* To Him do we cry aloud: O Life-giving Comforter\, grant peace to You
 r world.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nWhen You sent down Your Spirit\, O
  Lord\,* while the Apostles were seated\,* the children of the Jews beheld
  and were astonished with amazement\;* for they heard them speaking in oth
 er\, foreign tongues\,* according as the Spirit bestowed on them\;* for th
 ough they were unlearned\, they were made wise\;* and in catching and brin
 ging the nations to the Faith\,* they preached of things divine.* Wherefor
 e\, we also cry to You:* O You who were seen on earth and saved us from er
 ror\,* O Lord\, glory be to You.\n\nTroparion\n\nTone 8\n\nBlessed are You
 \, O Christ our God who revealed the fishermen as most wise* by sending th
 em the Holy Spirit\;* through them You caught the entire world.* Loving Ma
 ster\, glory to You.\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON THURSDAY MORNING\nAt the beginn
 ing of the Liturgy\, immediately after Blessed be the Kingdom… and Amen 
 we all kneel and sing the following in Tone 6\, samohlasnyj:\n\nHeavenly K
 ing\, Advocate\, Spirit of Truth\, Who are everywhere present and fill all
  things\, Treasury of Blessings\, Bestower of Life: come\, and dwell withi
 n us\; cleanse us of all that defiles us\, O Good One\, save our souls.\n\
 nAntiphon 1\n\nThe heavens tell the glory of God\, and the firmament decla
 res the work of his hand.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\,* O
  Saviour\, save us.\n\nDay to day pours forth the message and night procla
 ims this knowledge to night.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\,
 * O Saviour\, save us.\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth into all the eart
 h\, and their words unto the ends of the world.\n\nThrough the prayers of 
 the Mother of God\,* O Saviour\, save us.\n\nGlory… Now… Only-begotten
  Son…\n\nThird Antiphon\n\nCome\, let us sing joyfully to the Lord\,* le
 t us acclaim God\, our Saviour.\n\nO good Advocate\,* save us who sing to 
 You: Alleluia.\n\nLet us come before His face with praise\,* and acclaim H
 im in psalms.\n\nO good Advocate\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\n
 For God is the great Lord\,* the great king over all the earth.\n\nO good 
 Advocate\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nEntrance\n\nCome\, let u
 s worship and fall down before Christ.\n\nO good Advocate\,* save us who s
 ing to You: Alleluia.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: Bles
 sed are You\, O Christ our God who revealed the fishermen as most wise* by
  sending them the Holy Spirit\;* through them You caught the entire world.
 * Loving Master\, glory to You.\n\nGlory be to the Father\, and to the Son
 \, and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\
 , Tone 8: When the Most high descended and confused the tongues\,* He part
 ed the nations.* He called all to unity\;* and with one voice* we glorify 
 the all-Holy Spirit.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 8\n\nTheir utterance has gone f
 orth into all the earth\,* and their words unto the ends of the world.\n\n
 verse: The heavens tell the glory of God\, and the firmament declares the 
 work of His hand. (Psalm 19:5\,2)\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 1:28-2:9\n\nAllelui
 a\, Tone 1\n\nverse: By the Lord’s words the heavens were established\, 
 and by the Breath of His mouth all their host.\n\nverse: The Lord has look
 ed down from heaven and beheld the whole human race.\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 
 5:27-32\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the one Divinity i
 n three Persons.\n\nand the Irmos: Rejoice\, O Queen\, boast of the virgin
 s and mothers\, for every tongue\, though capable and eloquent\, cannot hy
 mn you as is your due\, and every mind is confounded in seeking to compreh
 end the way in which you gave birth. Wherefore with one accord we glorify 
 you.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nYour good Spirit will lead me* to the land of ri
 ghteousness.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 142:10)
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