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SUMMARY:Tuesday\, May 12\, 2026\; Our Holy Fathers Epiphanius\, Bishop of C
 yprus\, and Germanus\, Patriarch of Constantinople.
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed
  psalms are chanted\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 5\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, 
 Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered
 .\n\nRejoice\, O instructor of fasters\,* who truly tended the sheep of Ch
 rist\, the Chief Shepherd\,* with the staff of your all-wise teachings* up
 on the meadows of true Orthodoxy\, O Epiphanius\,* O meek lamb who fed upo
 n the grass of abstinence* and has now come to make your abode in the fold
  of life on high\,* where\, joining chorus with the holy hierarchs and mar
 tyrs\,* ever pray that peace and great mercy be given to us* who celebrate
  your memory with love.\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\nRejoice\, O beacon of piety* who has illumined the whole world with th
 e beams of your fiery words\, O Epiphanius\,* and with fire have utterly c
 onsumed the doctrines of the enemy in the storm of ignorance\,* calling th
 em to the right tranquil haven of divine knowledge!* Rejoice\, O instrumen
 t of the inspiration of the Spirit\,* unceasingly pouring forth an abyss o
 f miracles through your harp\,* and delivering men from death.* Entreat Ch
 rist\, that He grant great mercy to our souls.\n\nFrom the morning watch u
 ntil night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nRejoice\, O Epiphanius\, noet
 ic river full of the waters of the Spirit\,* adornment of the Church\, rul
 e of the hierarchy\, pillar of monastics\,* foundation of the Orthodox\, g
 round of the Church\, tower of strength\,* opponent of impiety\, clarion o
 f godly sound\,* melodious nightingale\, heavenly intelligence\,* vigilant
  tongue which meditated upon the divine law through the grace of Christ.* 
 Beseech Him that He grant great mercy to our souls.\n\nTone 1\n\nFor with 
 the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* an
 d He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nO Germanus\, you firm
 ly cast down the reasoning of Leo who was full of impiety* and\, wretch th
 at he was\, rejected the veneration of the precious icons of Christ and al
 l the saints\;* but though he was denounced as mindless by your discourses
 \, O divinely blessed one\,* he remained obdurate.\n\nPraise the Lord\, al
 l the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nThe ungodly Leo\,
  hating God like a wild beast\,* became the forerunner of Antichrist\,* re
 jecting the veneration of the image of Christ\, O venerable one\;* and he 
 was cast out from the heritage of the faithful.* Therefore\, we entreat yo
 u: dispel our present turmoil* by your supplications\, as you did his.\n\n
 Strong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\
 n\nO divinely manifest one\, you received the desire which from of old you
 r manifestly desired\;* for as a hierarch you have now entered in* unto yo
 ur Master with boldness\, O blessed Germanus\,* and\, standing before Him\
 , inherited deification.* Ask for peace for the world.\n\nTone 8\, Glory
 … Now…\n\nO Christ God\, noetic Sun of Righteousness\,* who by Your mo
 st pure touch bestowed a twofold enlightenment* upon him who was blind fro
 m his mother’s womb\,* also illumine the eyes of our souls\,* and show u
 s to be sons of the day\,* that we may cry out to You with faith:* Great a
 nd ineffable is Your compassion toward us\,* O Lover of mankind glory be t
 o You.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nThe Lord hears me* when I cry out to Him
 .\n\nverse: Whenever I called\, the God of my justice heard me.\n\nApostic
 ha\n\nTone 5\n\nHe who in times past had been blind* confessed with his wh
 ole soul\, mind\, and tongue\,* the One who had fashioned eyes for him out
  of spittle and clay\,* granting him to see\,* preaching that He is the Lo
 rd and Creator of all things\,* who out of compassion for that which He ha
 d fashioned\,* became a man\, though He is God almighty.* The scribes coul
 d not bear to hear his words and see his zeal\,* and in their jealousy the
 y expelled him from the synagogue\,* for the blindness which consumed thei
 r souls* surpassed that which once consumed his eyes.\n\nI have lifted up 
 my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold\, as the eyes of servants are o
 n the hands of their masters\, as the eyes of a maid are on the hands of h
 er mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us
 .\n\nThe man who had been blind* brought to them that have sight a trophy 
 of excellence\,* for he recognized his Maker and the Creator of all\,* see
 ing Him who by His spittle granted him sight.* By means of this single dee
 d\, he knew the One who had enlightened him\,* was the Son of God and the 
 Lord of all the world.* But when they who were blinded by jealousy\,* behe
 ld Him they did not recognize Him\,* though He had done many wondrous marv
 els\,* which He wrought gloriously by a single word.\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 mockery of the rich\, of the contempt of the proud
 .\n\nThe truly blind scribes\, looked upon the blind man with suspicion\,*
  for they imagined that he had feigned not seeing\,* in pretense showing t
 he Saviour to have given him sight.* They willingly were blinded by the da
 rk letter of the Law* wherein shines the truly resplendent Sun\,* who has 
 for my sake established the Sabbath rest\,* having made bright the gloomin
 ess of the Law\;* He took that light from them\, and shed it upon those wh
 o were once blind.* and now beholding him\,* they proclaim the light-besto
 wer to all the world.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nO Christ God\, who by
  Your merciful compassion became incarnate\,* with Your fingers which has 
 fashioned all things* You touched clay to the eyes of him who from the wom
 b was bereft of sight* and thereby deemed him worthy of divine brilliance 
 by Your ineffable compassion.* And now\, O Bestower of light\,* illumine a
 lso the senses of our souls\,* since You alone are the bountiful Bestower 
 of good gifts.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 5\n\nLet us the faithful acclaim and wo
 rship the Word\,* co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit\,* and born of
  the Virgin for our salvation.* For He willed to be lifted up on the cross
  in the flesh\, to suffer death* and to raise the dead by His glorious Res
 urrection.\n\nGlory... Now...\n\nRejoice\, O impassable door of the Lord!*
  Rejoice\, O rampart and protection of those who have recourse to you!* Re
 joice\, O tranquil haven and Virgin\,* who gave birth in the flesh to your
  Maker and God!* Fail not to intercede for those* who sing and worship the
  Child you bore.\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORNING\nAfter the priest h
 as exclaimed\, Blessed be the Kingdom… and the people have responded\, A
 men\, the clergy sing the Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it.
  Then\, the clergy sing the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nPa
 schal Troparion\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by dea
 th\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\n
 Troparion\, Tone 5: Let us the faithful acclaim and worship the Word\,* co
 -eternal with the Father and the Spirit\,* and born of the Virgin for our 
 salvation.* For He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh\, to s
 uffer death* and to raise the dead by His glorious resurrection.\n\nGlory 
 be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\,
  Tone 4: Blinded in the eyes of my soul\,* I come to You\, O Christ\, like
  the man who was blind from birth\,* and I cry in repentance:* You are the
  brilliant light of those in darkness.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.
 \n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: Though You descended into a tomb\, O Immortal One\
 ,* yet You destroyed the power of Hades\;* and You rose as victor\, O Chri
 st God\,* calling to the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice!* and giving peace t
 o Your Apostles:* You\, who grant Resurrection to the fallen.\n\nProkeimen
 on\, Tone 8\n\nPray and give thanks to the Lord our God.\n\nverse: In Jude
 a God is known\; His name is great in Israel. (Psalm 76:12\,2)\n\nEpistle\
 n\nActs 17:19-28\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: Look upon me and have merc
 y.\n\nverse: Direct my steps according to Your word. (Psalm 118:131-132)\n
 \nGospel\n\nJohn 12:19-36\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nThe Angel cried out 
 to the One full of Grace: O chaste Virgin\, rejoice! And again I say\, Rej
 oice! Your Son has risen from the tomb on the third day\, and raised the d
 ead. Let all people rejoice! Shine\, shine\, O new Jerusalem\, for the glo
 ry of the Lord has risen upon you! Exult now and be glad\, O Sion! And you
 \, O chaste Mother of God\, take delight in the resurrection of your Son.\
 n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nReceive the Body of Christ\;* taste the fountain of i
 mmortality.* Praise the Lord from the heavens\; praise Him in the highest.
 * Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 148:1)\n\nInstead of Blessed is 
 He Who comes… we sing:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling dea
 th by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of We ha
 ve seen the true light… we sing:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* tra
 mpling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstea
 d of May our mouths be filled… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen f
 rom the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giv
 ing life.\n\nInstead of Blessed be the name of the Lord… we sing three t
 imes:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and 
 to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nAt the dismissal\, instead of Glory
  be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, now and forever and ev
 er. Amen. we chant:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\, trampling death by 
 death\,* and to those in the tombs giving life.\n\nAfter the final Amen\, 
 the Troparion Christ is risen is sung as at the beginning of the Liturgy\,
  but with the addition:\n\nAnd to us He has granted life eternal\;* we bow
  down before His resurrection on the third day.\n\n&nbsp\;
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