BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.1//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:549@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260811 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260812 DTSTAMP:20260805T150838Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/tuesday-august-11-2026-the-holy- martyr-euplus/ SUMMARY:Tuesday\, August 11\, 2026\; The Holy Martyr Euplus. DESCRIPTION:Dormition Fast. Post-feast of the Transfiguration\n\nAT VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted .\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\, Podoben “Joy of the ranks of heavens…” \n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgivene ss is that You may be revered.\n\nHe who of old spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai* in images\, saying: “I am God who am!”* today\, transfigured on Mount Tabor\,* shows forth the Prototype\, shining with rays of splendour .* Wherefore\, O Christ\, I magnify Your power!\n\nI have waited for You a s You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nTaking with You Your favourite disciples\, O C hrist\, Peter\, James and John\,* You willingly led them up to the mountai n\,* showing them an awesome wonder:* the everlasting and unbearable magni ficence* of Your divine arrival from afar.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nThe apostles of old\, trembling a t Your unapproachable advent\, O Christ\,* falling prostrate on the ground \,* marvelled at the power of Your divinity\,* which shone forth more brig htly than the sun\, O Good One\,* with Your ineffable might.\n\nTone 1\, P odoben “You have given 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 iniquities.\n\nYou traversed well the abyss of suffering\,* your sail filled with the breath of the Spirit\;* and you made your way to the calm haven of the kingdom of God\,* wherein you have received rich re ward for your pangs\,* and stand with the angels before the Master of crea tion\,* O blessed one.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim Hi s glory\, all you people.\n\nClad in a purple robe dyed in thy blood\, O g lorious one\,* and crowned with the wreath of victory by the hand of the C reator of life\,* you dwell in the heavens\, reigning with the most Compas sionate One.* Wherefore\, we call you blessed\, as a true martyr* and a se rvant of the Word\,* the confirmation of the Faith.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nAs a minister of the mysteries of the Master\,* the wondrous Euplus brought himself forth like an innocent lamb\;* and\, beheaded with the sword\, he became a divin e lamb\,* a sacrifice of sweet savour.* We\, therefore\, call him blessed\ , celebrating today\, in sacred manner\, his hallowed suffering\,* O you w ho love the martyrs.\n\nTone 1\, Glory… Now…\n\nThe mountain which bef ore was dark and gloomy is now honourable and holy\,* for thereon did Your feet stand\, O Lord\;* for in the latter days You made manifest the hidde n\, pre-eternal mystery\,* Your awesome transfiguration\, to Peter\, John\ , and James.* But they\, unable to endure the radiance of Your countenance and the brightness of Your raiment\,* fell prostrate on the ground and co vered themselves.* And\, seized with terror\, they marvelled\,* beholding Moses and Elijah conversing with You as they stood with You\;* and the voi ce of the Father bore witness\, saying:* “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased:* Obey Him!* He will grant the world great mercy!”\n\ nAposticha\n\nTone 2\, Podoben “O house of Ephratha…”\n\nDesiring to transform the nature of Adam\,* Christ now ascends Mount Tabor\,* reveali ng His divinity to the disciples.\n\nYours are the heavens\,* and Yours is the earth.\n\nThe thrice-radiant light of Your divine glory* shone forth ineffably on Mount Tabor\, O Saviour\,* and has illumined all things.\n\nT abor and Hermon* shall rejoice in Your name.\n\nThe disciples\, beholding the transformation of Your garments* and of Thy whole body\, O Word\,* fel l prostrate\, chanting.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now…\n\nTransfigured on the high mountain\,* the Saviour\, having with Him His preeminent disciples\, * shone forth most wondrously\,* showing them forth as illumined by the lo ftiness of the virtues* and as ones vouchsafed divine glory.* Moses and El ijah\, who spoke with Christ\,* showed that He has authority over the livi ng and the dead\,* and that He is the God who of old spoke through the law and the prophets.* Of Him was the voice of the Father heard saying from t he cloud of light:* “Obey Him\, who through the Cross made hell captive* and grants life everlasting to the dead!”\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nYour holy martyr Euplus\, O Lord\,* through his sufferings has received an inc orruptible crown from You\, our God.* For having Your strength\, he laid l ow his adversaries\,* and shattered the powerless boldness of demons.* Thr ough his intercessions\, save our souls!\n\nTone 7\, Glory… Now…\n\nYo u were transfigured on the mount\, O Christ God\,* showing Your glory to Y our disciples as much as they could bear.* Make Your eternal light shine* also on us who are sinners\,* through the prayers of the Mother of God** O Giver of Light\, glory to You!\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORNING\n\ nAntiphon 1\n\nShout to the Lord\, all the earth\, sing now to His name\, give glory to His praise.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save us.\n\nThe voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind\; You r lightning lit up the world.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\ , O Saviour\, save us.\n\nYou have clothed Yourself in praise and splendou r\; You robe Yourself in light as with a cloak.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save us.\n\nGlory… Now… Only-begotten Son…\n\nAntiphon 3\n\nCome\, let us sing joyfully to the Lord\, let us a cclaim God\, our Saviour.\n\nSon of God\, transfigured on the mount\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nLet us come before His face with praise\ , and acclaim Him in psalms.\n\nSon of God\, transfigured on the mount\, s ave us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nFor God is the great Lord\, and the g reat king over all the earth.\n\nSon of God\, transfigured on the mount\, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nEntrance\n\nCome\, let us worship an d fall down before Christ.\n\nSon of God\, transfigured on the mount\, sav e us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, To ne 7: You were transfigured on the mount\, O Christ God\,* showing Your gl ory to Your disciples as much as they could bear.* Make Your eternal light shine* also on us who are sinners\,* through the prayers of the Mother of God\,* O Giver of Light\, glory to You!\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Your marty r\, Euplus\, O Lord\,* by his passion acquired the crown of incorruptibili ty from You\, our God.* For possessing Your power he overcame the torturer s* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By his supplications\, s ave our souls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Sp irit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: As a bright and unerring star you appeared to the world* proclaiming with your rays the Sun\, that is\, Christ\, O mart yr\, Euplus\,* and you have extinguished all error.* But to us you give li ght\, praying without ceasing for all of us.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 7: You were transfigured on the mount\, O Chris t God\,* and Your disciples saw Your glory as much as they could\;* that w hen they saw You crucified* they might know that You suffered willingly*\, and might proclaim to the world* that You are truly the brightness of the Father.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nHow great are Your works\, O Lord\, Yo u have made all things in wisdom.\n\nverse: Bless the Lord\, O my soul\; O Lord\, my God\, You are exceedingly great. (Psalm 103:24\,1)\n\nEpistle\n \n2 Corinthians 5:15-21\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: Yours are the heave ns\, and Yours the earth.\n\nverse: Blessed are the people who know the fe stal shout\, they will walk in the light of Your countenance\, O Lord. (Ps alm 88:12\,16)\n\nGospel\n\nMark 1:16-22\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the Lord transfigured on the mountain.\n\nAnd the Irmos\, T one 4: Your giving birth was revealed as incorrupt\; for it was God who ca me forth from your womb\; He appeared on earth in the flesh\, and made His dwelling among us. Thus\, O Mother of God\, all of us magnify you.\n\nCom munion Hymn\n\nWe will walk in the light of Your face\, O Lord\,* and rejo ice in Your name forever.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 88:16\, 17) 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