BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:526@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260721 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260722 DTSTAMP:20260713T185354Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/tuesday-july-21-2026-our-venerab le-father-simeon-the-fool-for-christ-and-john-his-ascetical-companion-the- holy-prophet-ezekiel/ SUMMARY:Tuesday\, July 21\, 2026\; Our Venerable Father Simeon\, the Fool f or Christ and John\, his ascetical companion\; The Holy Prophet Ezekiel DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appoint ed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “You have giv en a sign…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But wit h You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nHaving made your abode in the wilderness* in oneness of mind\, O blessed ones\,* by fasting\, praye r\, and radiant visions* you manifestly caused the uprisings of the flesh to fall away\,* and made your hearts splendid\,* rendering them pleasing t hrough spiritual surrender\,* O Symeon and John\, confirmation of monastic s.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently reli es on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nWith foolish beha viour you rendered render foolish the malice of the wise\, O blessed fathe r\,* working all-glorious miracles\, causing signs to show forth\,* expell ing demons\,*and illumining those who are in caught in the night of sin.* And in the midst of tumults you preserved your mind untroubled\, O Symeon\ ,* receiving dispassion from God.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* l et Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nYou were shown to be humble in wisdom and merciful\,* God-loving and full of love\, O divinely inspired one\,* compu nctionate and meek\, going about the earth like an angel\,* possessed of a heavenly life.* Therefore\, the Father\, the Son\, and the Holy Spirit* r ested in you\, O blessed Symeon\, as in a place of purity\n\nTone 8\, Podo ben “O all-glorious wonder…”\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, a nd with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel fr om all its iniquities.\n\nO divinely blessed and wondrous Ezekiel\,* havin g cleansed soul and body\, and your mind with purity\,* you noetically beh eld the ineffable glory of the Lord* which is more brilliant than the ligh tning-flash\, passing understanding\,* for He surpasses and exceeds the di vine seraphim\,* and is hymned by ten thousand mouths.\n\nPraise the Lord\ , all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nO God-pleasin g Ezekiel\,* as an emulator of Christ you endured the oppression of the al ien’s debt\, cruelly tortured\,* prefiguring the salvation and deliveran ce* which were to come to the world through the precious Cross\,* O you wh o were revealed by God.* Pray that all who hymn you now may partake thereo f.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth en dure.\n\nO divinely inspired Ezekiel\,* receiving a scroll from the hands of the Almighty\,* you became a God-seeing theologian\,* manifest in sacre d manner and godly in appearance\, O glorious one\,* whose lips were truly sweeter than honey\,* imparting wisdom to the enraged synagogue.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…. Now…\n\nRejoice\, enlightenment of souls\,* forgiveness of the sinful\, correction of the negligent!* Rejoice\, consolation\, joy \, and helper of the sorrowful!* Rejoice\, O blessed one\, healing of the sou ls of the infirm!* Rejoice\, mediator and reconciler of men to God\,* O pu re one who are more holy than all the seraphim!\n\nAposticha\, Tone 7\n\nT one 7\n\nI have come\, О Compassionate One\, like the prodigal son.* As o ne of Your hirelings accept me who fall down before You\, О God\,* and ha ve mercy on me\, О Lover of mankind.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You e nthroned in heaven. Behold\, as the eyes of servants are on the hands of t heir masters\, as the eyes of a maid are on the hands of her mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nLike the on e who fell among thieves and was wounded\,* so have I fallen through many sins\, and my soul hath been wounded.* To whom shall I who am guilty flee? * If not to You alone\, the Physician of our souls.* О God\, pour forth u pon me Your great mercy!\n\nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we have been filled with shame\; our soul is all too full of the mock ery of the rich\, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nО holy martyrs\, you w ho have fought the good fight and received crowns:* Entreat the Lord\, tha t He have mercy upon our souls.\n\nTone 7\, Glory… Now…\n\nRejoice\, O Sovereign Lady\, O cloud of the noetic and ineffable Sun!* Rejoice\, all- luminous lantern: Rejoice all-golden candle-stand.* Through you\, O most h oly one\, has Eve been delivered from the curse.* But as you possess boldn ess before your Son and God* who is readily moved to compassion\,* fail no t to entreat Him by your maternal supplication\, O most pure one.\n\nTropa ria\n\nTone 4\n\nO God of our fathers\,* You always deal with us according to Your everlasting compassion\,* take not Your mercy away from us\;* but through the prayers of our fathers\,* guide our lives along the ways of p eace.\n\nTone 2\, Glory…\n\nO prophet of God\, Ezekiel\,* through the gi ft of the Spirit you saw the sealed door of the Word’s entrance.* Beg Hi m to open the doors of His mercy to us* and save the souls of those who ho nour your memory.\n\nNow…\n\nO Mother of God and virgin forever\,* throu gh you we have been made to share the divine nature\;* you have given birt h for us to the incarnate God.* Therefore\, we all exalt you with great de votion.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n \nTroparion\, Tone 4: O God of our fathers\,* You always deal with us acco rding to Your everlasting compassion\,* take not Your mercy away from us\; * but through the prayers of our fathers\,* guide our lives along the ways of peace.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2: O prophet of God\, Ezekiel\,* through th e gift of the Spirit you saw the sealed door of the Word’s entrance.* Be g Him to open the doors of His mercy to us* and save the souls of those wh o honour your memory.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: Let us praise with love and faith the angelic Simeon.* Acting like an angel in the flesh\, he glows with virtue. * Let us remember John along with him\,* since they pray together unceasin gly to the Lord for us.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: You were a prophet of God\, O wonderful Ezekiel.* You predicted t he Lord’s coming in the flesh\,* and the Creator has come like a lamb.* The Son of God has been revealed to the ages.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nP recious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His venerable ones.\n\nve rse: What shall I render to the Lord for all the things He has rendered to me? (Psalm 115:15\,12)\n\nEpistle\n\n1 Corinthians 12:12-26\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 6\n\nverse: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord\; he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments.\n\nverse: His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth. (Psalm 111:1\,2)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 18:18-22\; 19:1-2\, 13-15\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in everlasting remembranc e\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* allelu ia. 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