BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:464@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260519 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260520 DTSTAMP:20260516T224307Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/tuesday-may-19-2026-the-holy-hie romartyr-patrick-bishop-of-prussa-and-those-with-him/ SUMMARY:Tuesday\, May 19\, 2026 The Holy Hieromartyr Patrick\, Bishop of P russa and those with him. DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revere d.\n\nYou suffered as a man\, though as God You are unapproachable.* You a rose on the third day despoiling death\,* and raised up all those who had reposed in corruption.* And having ascended to Your Father\, O Christ\,* Y ou promised that You would send the Comforter to Your sacred apostles\,* O Almighty Jesus\, Saviour of our souls.\n\nI have waited for You as You ha ve commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trus ted in the Lord.\n\nWhy stand gazing into the heavens?* said the Angels in human form\, to the Word’s initiates:* He whom you beheld ascending on a cloud of light\,* shall in a like manner come again* to judge the world\ , as He Himself told you.* Therefore\, go forth and accomplish all that He has said.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nHaving arisen from the tomb in a manner transcending thought\, O almighty Lord\,* You lead Your beloved ones to Bethany.* And having arrive d at the Mount of Olives\, O Word\,* You blessed them all.* And You were t aken up from there* while angels ministered to You\, O Almighty Jesus\, Sa viour of our souls.\n\nTone 6\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and wi th Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from al l its iniquities.\n\nSteered by the Word the blessed hieromartyrs sailed e asily across the threefold waves of the passions\,* and were entrusted wit h the task of healing the sufferings of men with the waters of fervour.* T heir relics were given sacred burial\, and richly pour forth healings upon those in need.* O faithful\, let us unceasingly honour them as is meet\,* for they pray with boldness in behalf of our souls.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nWearing purple robes dyed in the blood of martyrdom* and wielding the precious Cross as a sceptre\,* rejoicing\, the godly martyrs reign with Christ\,* having desi red willingly to suffer for Him:* Polyenus manifest in holiness\,* Acacius and Menander\, and the divinely wise Patrick.* And\, rejoicing now\, they stand before the throne of Christ\,* praying with boldness in behalf of o ur souls.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His t ruth endure.\n\nDesiring the kingdom of Christ\, the blessed and valiant o nes* preferred a temporary death as though it were food\,* manfully enduri ng starvation and the pain of wounds.* Therefore\, they have become the he lpers of all the faithful\,* imparting health in abundance to their souls and bodies.* O faithful\, as is meet let us now joyfully hymn them\,* for they pray to the Lord in behalf of our souls.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now…\ n\nWhen You\, O Christ\, came to the Mount of Olives* to accomplish the go od will of the Father\,* the heavenly angels were amazed* and the nethermo st regions shuddered with fear.* The disciples stood by with joy and tremb ling as You spoke to them\,* and a cloud prepared as a throne awaited oppo site them\;* and Heaven\, throwing open the gates\, shone with comeliness\ ;* and the earth reveals its hidden chambers\,* that the descent and immed iate ascent might be made known to Adam\;* but his steps were led upwards as it were by a hand\,* and his mouth was heard blessing You greatly\;* th e cloud took You up and Heaven received You within itself.* You have wroug ht this great and strange deed\, O Lord\,* for the salvation of our souls. \n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nThe Lord hears me* when I cry out to Him.\n\nv erse: Whenever I called\, the God of my justice heard me.\n\nAposticha\n\n Tone 2\n\nHaving fulfilled His will\, thus pleasing well the Father\, * Yo u ascended in glory. * Thus\, You united the things of Heaven with the thi ngs of earth.\n\nClap your hands\, all nations\;* shout to God with a voic e of rejoicing.\n\nO Merciful One\, You ascended to Your Father\,* from wh om You were not parted\,* and exalted our nature thus which lay prostrate\ ,* O our Lord.\n\nGod is gone up in jubilation\,* the Lord with the voice of the trumpet.\n\nA brilliant cloud of light conveyed You to the heavens\ ,* while with great fear and trembling the angels came* and ministered to Your divine command.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now…\n\nYou have renewed in Yo urself Adam’s nature\,* which had gone down into the lower parts of the earth\,* and You raised it up above every principality and authority today .* For since You loved it\, You seated it together with Yourself\;* since You have taken compassion on it\, You united it to Yourself\;* since You u nited it to Yourself\, You suffered with it\;* and enduring the Passion\, though You are impassable\, You glorified it.* But the bodiless ones said: Who is this comely man?* But not only is He man\, but God and man\; that which is manifest is twofold.* Wherefore\, beside themselves\, the angels\ , flying about clad in radiant vesture\,* cried to the disciples: O men of Galilee\,* He that is gone from you\, Jesus\, Man and God\,* shall come a gain as the God-man to judge the living and the dead\;* and He grants to t he faithful the forgiveness of sins and great mercy.\n\nTroparia\, Tone 4\ n\nHaving shared the way of life of the apostles\,* and having become a su ccessor to their thrones\,* labouring you found the divinely inspired way to contemplation.* Therefore\, forthrightly ministering the word of truth\ ,* you shed your blood for the faith\, O hieromartyr\, Patrick.* Intercede with Christ our God for the salvation of our souls.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\ nYou ascended in glory\, O Christ our God\;* giving joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit\,* and assuring them through Your blessi ng* that You are the Son of God\,** the Redeemer of the world.\nAT DIVINE LITURY ON TUESDAY MORNING\nFirst Antiphon\n\nClap your hands\, all you nat ions\;* shout to God with the voice of joy.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save\, us.\n\nFor the Lord most high is awesom e\,* a great king over all the earth.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save\, us.\n\nHe has subdued peoples to us\,* and na tions under our feet.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Savi our\, save\, us.\n\nGod ascended amid shouts of joy\;* the Lord at the sou nd of the trumpet.\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\,* let us acclaim God\, our Sav iour.\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to You: Al leluia.\n\nLet us come before His face with praise\,* and acclaim Him in p salms.\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to You: A lleluia.\n\nFor God is the great Lord\,* the great king over all the earth .\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to You: Allelu ia.\n\nEntrance\n\nCome\, let us worship* and fall down before Christ.\n\n Son of God\, who ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n \nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: You ascended in glory\, O C hrist our God\,* giving joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy S pirit\,* and assuring them through your blessing* that You are the Son of God\,* the Redeemer of the world.\n\nGlory be to the Father\, and to the S on\, and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakio n\, Tone 6: When you had fulfilled Your plan for us* and united things on earth with those in heaven\,* You ascended in glory\, O Christ our God\,* in no way distant\, but remaining inseparable\,* You cried to those who lo ve You:* I am with You and there is none against you.\n\nProkeimenon\, Ton e 7\n\nBe exalted\, O God\, above the heavens\;* above all the earth be Yo ur glory.\n\nverse: My heart is ready\, O God\, my heart is ready. I will sing and make music in my glory. (Psalm 56:6\,8)\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 21:26- 32\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: God ascended amid shouts of joy\; the Lo rd at the sound of the trumpet.\n\nverse: Clap your hands\, all you nation s\; shout to God with the voice of joy. (Psalm 46:6\,2)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 16:2-13\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the Lord who in gl ory ascended bodily into the heavens.\n\nand the Irmos: O Mother of God\,* you transcended both mind and word\,* and in time\, ineffably bore the Ti meless One:* it is you who\, with one accord\,* we\, the faithful\, magnif y.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nGod ascended amid shouts of joy\;* the Lord at the sound of the trumpet.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 46:6)\n\nI nstead of We have seen the true light we sing:\n\nBe exalted\, O God\, abo ve the heavens\, above all the earth be Your glory.\n\nInstead of Let our mouths be filled we sing three times:\n\nBe exalted\, O God\, above the he avens\, above all the earth be Your glory.\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Edmonton X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Edmonton BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR