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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260818
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 moration-of-the-consecration-of-the-holy-resurrection-patriarchal-sobor-th
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SUMMARY:Tuesday\, August 18\, 2026\;  The Commemoration of the Consecration
  of the Holy Resurrection Patriarchal Sobor\; The Holy Martyrs Florus and 
 Laurus.
DESCRIPTION:Polyeleos Feast. Post-feast of the Dormition\n\nAT GREAT VESPER
 S ON MONDAY EVENING\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 2\n\nOut of the depths I cry t
 o You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nWith what unworthy lips shall
  we bless the Theotokos\,* who is more honourable than creation* and more 
 holy than the cherubim and all the angels:* the immovable throne of the Ki
 ng\,* the house wherein the Most High dwelt\,* the sanctuary of God\, the 
 salvation of the world\,* the one who richly bestows great mercy upon the 
 faithful* on the day of her divine memorial?\n\nLet Your ears be attentive
 * to the voice of my prayer.\n\nWith what unworthy lips shall we bless the
  Theotokos\,* who is more honourable than creation* and more holy than the
  cherubim and all the angels:* the immovable throne of the King\,* the hou
 se wherein the Most High dwelt\,* the sanctuary of God\, the salvation of 
 the world\,* the one who richly bestows great mercy upon the faithful* on 
 the day of her divine memorial?\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can
  stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nWhat spir
 itual hymns shall we now offer to you\, O most holy one?* For by your immo
 rtal dormition you have sanctified the whole world* and passed over to the
  things which are above the world\,* to comprehend the beauty of the Almig
 hty\,* and to rejoice in Him\, as His Mother\,* the ranks of angels and th
 e souls of the righteous accompanying you.* With them ask for us peace and
  great mercy.\n\nTone 2\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; m
 y soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.
 \n\nThe Father\, with His Divine Son\, has made a dwelling place in their 
 beloved people\,* who kept the word of His truth and endured in faithfulne
 ss.* The children of God in much-suffering Ukraine* feared neither torment
 \, persecution\, nor cruel death.* And so upon them\, as if upon living fo
 undation stones\,* the Sobor of the Resurrection rises up.\n\nFrom the mor
 ning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nThe Father\, with
  His Divine Son\, has made a dwelling place in their beloved people\,* who
  kept the word of His truth and endured in faithfulness.* The children of 
 God in much-suffering Ukraine* feared neither torment\, persecution\, nor 
 cruel death.* And so upon them\, as if upon living foundation stones\,* th
 e Sobor of the Resurrection rises up.\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\, O Perfecter\, have transformed the soul
 s of Your faithful friends* into a House of Wisdom and a temple of Your in
 visible presence.* The temple of Your love is more formidable than walls o
 f stone\,* established as it is within the human heart\, a living Holy of 
 Holies.* From it\, there blossomed forth the visible beauty* of the newly 
 raised Sobor of the Resurrection.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* 
 proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nYou\, O Perfecter\, have transform
 ed the souls of Your faithful friends* into a House of Wisdom and a temple
  of Your invisible presence.* The temple of Your love is more formidable t
 han walls of stone\,* established as it is within the human heart\, a livi
 ng Holy of Holies.* From it\, there blossomed forth the visible beauty* of
  the newly raised Sobor of the Resurrection.\n\nStrong is the love of the 
 Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nHow lovely is your dwel
 ling place\, O Lord Sabaoth!* From of old the Ukrainian soul would huddle 
 to Your majestic and ancient temples\;* but\, in the midst of evil times\,
  full of the darkness of hostile Godlessness* other temples faithfully sho
 ne forth:* the village home\, the city room\,* in every place where living
  torches of Your truth shone forth\,* raising thereby the Sobor of the Res
 urrection.\n\nTone 5\, Glory…\n\nCome from the west\, and the north\, an
 d the sea\, and the east\,* from all over Ukraine – O faithful friends o
 f the Lord\,* and let us behold the Church reborn.* Let the cathedral of o
 ur souls shine forth\, as divinely radiant torches\,* within that cathedra
 l which is built above Slavutych.* And so\, raised up in spirit by the Hol
 y Spirit\,* let us glorify Christ\, our Pascha\, to the ages!\n\nTone 4\, 
 Now…\n\nCome\, O you people\, let us hymn the all-holy and pure Virgin* 
 from whom the incarnate Word of the Father came forth ineffably\;* and let
  us cry aloud\, saying:* Blessed are you among women\,* and blessed is the
  womb which contained Christ!* Having surrendered your soul into His holy 
 hands\, O all-pure one\,* entreat Him\, that our souls be saved.\n\nReadin
 gs\n\n(1) 1 Kings 8:22-23\, 27-30\; (2) Wisdom 7:21-8:4\; (3) Proverbs 9:1
 -11\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nRaise a hymn\, all you choirs of heaven!* Fo
 r the Virgin Mother hasbeen all-gloriously translated* from earth to the h
 eavens.\n\nArise\, O Lord\, into Your rest\,* You and the ark of Your holi
 ness.\n\nThe choir of the disciples has assembled all-gloriously* from the
  ends of the earth\,* to bury your divine and incorrupt body\, O Maiden.\n
 \nThe Lord has sworn in truth to David\,* and He will not annul it.\n\nBe 
 lifted up\, O you gates of heaven\,* beholding the only Mother of God\,* t
 he portal of the Most High coming to the highest.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now
 …\n\nLet us chant today the hymn of David to Christ God\, O people:* The
  virgins that follow after her\, said he\, shall be brought to the King\,*
  and those near her shall be brought in gladness and rejoicing\;* for she 
 who is of the seed of David\, for whose sake we have been deified\,* is gl
 oriously and ineffably placed in the hands of her Son and Master.* Hymning
  her as the Mother of God\, let us cry aloud and say:* Save us\, who confe
 ss you to be the Theotokos\,* from every evil circumstance\,* and deliver 
 our souls from misfortunes!\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nAs the priceless beau
 ty residing within the divine image of the tabernacle\,* thus outwardly yo
 u manifested the holy glory of your temple O Lord.* Establish it for the a
 ges of ages\, and accept\, through the prayers of the Theotokos\, our supp
 lications\,* which we unceasingly offer to You\, O Life and Resurrection o
 f all.\n\nTone 1\, Glory… Now…\n\nIn giving birth you retained your vi
 rginity\,* in falling asleep you did not abandon the world\, O Mother of G
 od.* 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 TUESDAY
  MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: In giving birth y
 ou retained your virginity\,* in falling asleep you did not abandon the wo
 rld\, O Mother of God.* You passed into life\, for you are the Mother of L
 ife\,* and by your prayers* you deliver our souls from death.\n\nTroparion
 \, Tone 1: Be swayed by the pains that the saints have suffered for You\, 
 O Lord\,* and heal all our pains\,* O Lover of mankind\, for this we pray.
 \n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKonta
 kion\, Tone 2: Appearing as radiant lights\, O godly martyrs\,* you illumi
 ne all creation with the brilliance of your miracles\,* healing infirmitie
 s\, always dispelling deep darkness* and praying unceasingly to Christ our
  God for all of us.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Ton
 e 2: The tomb and death could not hold the Mother of God\,* unceasing in h
 er intercession and unfailing hope of patronage\,* for\, as the Mother of 
 Life\, she was transferred to life* by Him Who had dwelt in her ever-virgi
 n womb.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nMy soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spi
 rit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.\n\nverse: Because he has regarded the 
 humility of His handmaid\; for behold\, all generations shall call me bles
 sed. (Luke 1:46-48)\n\nEpistle\n\nHebrews 3:1-4\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nve
 rse: Rise up\, O Lord\, to the place of Your rest\, You and the ark of You
 r holiness.\n\nverse: The Lord swore an oath to David\, and will not go ba
 ck on His word. (Psalm 131:8\,11)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 13:16-18\n\nHymn to
  the Theotokos\n\nSeeing the pure one’s falling asleep\, angels marvelle
 d in wonder how the Virgin could ascend from earth to heaven.\n\nAnd the I
 rmos: O pure Virgin\, in you are conquered the bounds of nature\,* for chi
 ldbirth remains virginal and death is betrothed to life.* Virgin after chi
 ldbearing and alive after death\, O Mother of God\,* never cease to save y
 our inheritance.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nI will take the chalice of salvation
 \;* and I will call upon the name of the Lord.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* all
 eluia. (Psalm 115:13)
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