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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260526
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260527
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URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/tuesday-may-26-2026-the-third-fi
 nding-of-the-precious-head-of-the-holy-glorious-prophet-forerunner-and-bap
 tist-john/
SUMMARY:Tuesday\, May 26\, 2026\;  The Third Finding of the Precious Head o
 f the Holy\, Glorious Prophet\, Forerunner and Baptist John
DESCRIPTION:The Feast of the Third Finding of the Head of St. John is trans
 ferred from the preceding day.\nAT GREAT VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING\nKathis
 ma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\
 n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\nN
 ow all peoples have been renewed by God’s exalted deeds\,* for by means 
 of tongues in the likeness of fire\,* all those who dwell on earth have be
 en brought to the faith\,* and that this sign to the nations\,* has declar
 ed that salvation is truly in our midst.\n\nLet Your ears be attentive* to
  the voice of my prayer.\n\nHaving fulfilled Your promise to send down pow
 er from on high* to Your disciples\, O Christ\,* You sent Your Holy Spirit
 \,* thereby showing us that You are Truth\,* and that those who hope in Yo
 u\, O Good One\,* shall in no wise ever be ashamed.\n\nIf You mark iniquit
 ies\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be r
 evered.\n\nAt the time that was appointed\, You sent into the world the Ho
 ly Spirit\,* who came in the form of tongues of fire.* All our sins are cl
 eansed by this heavenly fire.* Thereby\, You have granted us a true commun
 ion with Him\,* for in pious faith we proclaim Him* to be perfect God.\n\n
 Tone 8\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently 
 relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nBlessed Forer
 unner John\, your head shone from the ground* with rays brighter than the 
 sun.* It enlightens the faithful.* We have it as a divine treasure* and dr
 aw rich grace from it\,* sanctifying our souls\, our bodies and thoughts.*
  As we celebrate\, we call you blessed.\n\nFrom the morning watch until ni
 ght* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nBlessed Forerunner John\, your head 
 shone from the ground* with rays brighter than the sun.* It enlightens the
  faithful.* We have it as a divine treasure* and draw rich grace from it\,
 * sanctifying our souls\, our bodies and thoughts.* As we celebrate\, we c
 all you blessed.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there 
 is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquit
 ies.\n\nYour holy head\, blessed Forerunner\, poured out abundant grace.* 
 It was shown without his foreknowledge* to the priest who was wise in God.
 * He quickly went with faith and grace* and openly brought about its sanct
 ified coming* with the emperor and the divinely wise people* who fervently
  maintain the orthodox faith.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proc
 laim His glory\, all you people.\n\nYour holy head\, blessed Forerunner\, 
 poured out abundant grace.* It was shown without his foreknowledge* to the
  priest who was wise in God.* He quickly went with faith and grace* and op
 enly brought about its sanctified coming* with the emperor and the divinel
 y wise people* who fervently maintain the orthodox faith.\n\nStrong is the
  love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.6. If You mark
  iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You 
 may be revered.\n\nWe celebrate the third revelation of your precious head
 .* When it was severed\, glorious one\,* the Trinity crowned it for your g
 odly zeal.* The ranks of angels\, the company of martyrs\,* the apostles o
 f God and all the prophets rejoice in its discovery.* Together with them\,
  ever remember us\, Forerunner of the Lord!\n\nIn Tone 6\, Glory…\n\nO F
 orerunner\, your head\, divinely preserved\,* has risen from the bosom of 
 the earth* as a treasury of graces of God.* Having received it\, we bow do
 wn in reverence\, O glorious prophet of Christ.* Through you\, we have bee
 n given wondrous miracles* and have obtained the remission of our sins.\n\
 nNow…\n\nWho would not call you blessed\, O Virgin most holy?* Who would
  not sing a hymn of praise* to the glory of your giving birth without pain
  or travail?* The Only-begotten Son Himself\,* begotten of the Father befo
 re all ages\,* was made flesh out of you in a manner* that cannot be expla
 ined\, O Woman most pure!* And for our sake\, He Who is God by nature* ass
 umed the nature of a man.* He is not divided into two persons\;* He is und
 erstood to have two natures* without commixion or confusion.* O noble and 
 blessed Woman\,* intercede with Him that He may mercy on our souls.\n\nRea
 dings\n\n(1) Isaiah 40:1-3.9\; 41:17-18\; 45:8\; 48:20-21\; 54:1\; (2) Mal
 achi 3:1\; Gospel of Mark 1:2\; Malachi 3:1-3.5-7.12.18.17\; 4:4-6 [3:22-2
 4]\; (3) Wisdom 4:7.16-17.19-5:7\n\nAposticha\n\nIn Tone 2\n\nCome\, O fai
 thful: let us venerate the head which was cut off by a sword:* the preciou
 s head of the Forerunner\,* commemorating its finding on this day.* Let us
  go out to meet it with hymns\, wholeheartedly honouring it* as a fountain
  which pours forth the grace of healing upon us.* This is the head which w
 as once cut off by the foolish Herod\,* goaded by the grudging of Herodias
 .\n\nO precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of His faithful.\n\nA
 s gold is taken from the mines\,* so has the head of the Forerunner come f
 orth from the earth\,* radiant in its reliquary.* He still speaks\, clearl
 y accusing Herod\, the adulterous murderer\;* and he illumines our souls w
 ith his light.* In our hymns today\, we the faithful venerate the Forerunn
 er* who intercedes for us before God.\n\nThe just will flourish like the p
 alm tree\, and grow like a Lebanon cedar.\n\nThe head of the Baptist lay l
 ong hidden underground* like a treasure in a chest.* Today it is revealed 
 to the whole world\, pouring forth abundant streams of healing\,* stopping
  illnesses\, and shedding light on our souls.* We rejoice in its divine co
 nsolations as we sing the praises of the Forerunner.\n\nGlory...\n\nO illu
 strious John\, the venerable reliquary of divine thoughts\,* your head whi
 ch had clearly foreseen the mystery of the Ineffable One*  came out from 
 the caves of the earth as from a mother’s womb.* It perfumes the whole w
 orld with the myrrh of holiness\,* to us you preach the way of repentance\
 , interceding for our souls before the Saviour of all.\n\nTone 1\, Now…\
 n\nYou have renewed Your disciples with foreign tongues\, O Christ\,* that
  they might therewith proclaim You\, the immortal Word and God\,* who gran
 ts our souls great mercy.\n\nTroparion\n\nTone 4\n\nO prophet and forerunn
 er\,* Christ has revealed to us your head as divine treasure concealed in 
 the earth.* Assembled for this discovery* we praise Christ with hymns insp
 ired of God.* Through your intercessions He saves us from corruption.\n\nT
 one 8\, Glory... Now...\n\nBlessed are You\, O Christ our God who revealed
  the fishermen as most wise* by sending them the Holy Spirit\;* through th
 em You caught the entire world.* Loving Master\, glory to You.\nAT DIVINE 
 LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORNING\nAt the beginning of the Liturgy\, immediately 
 after Blessed be the Kingdom… and Amen we all kneel and sing the followi
 ng in Tone 6\, samohlasnyj:\n\nHeavenly King\, Advocate\, Spirit of Truth\
 , Who are everywhere present and fill all things\, Treasury of Blessings\,
  Bestower of Life: come\, and dwell within us\; cleanse us of all that def
 iles us\, O Good One\, save our souls.\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nThe heavens tell t
 he glory of God\, and the firmament declares the work of his hand.\n\nThro
 ugh the prayers of the Mother of God\,* O Saviour\, save us.\n\nDay to day
  pours forth the message and night proclaims this knowledge to night.\n\nT
 hrough the prayers of the Mother of God\,* O Saviour\, save us.\n\nTheir u
 tterance has gone forth into all the earth\, and their words unto the ends
  of the world.\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 Saviour.\n
 \nO good Advocate\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nLet us come bef
 ore His face with praise\,* and acclaim Him in psalms.\n\nO good Advocate\
 ,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nFor God is the great Lord\,* the 
 great king over all the earth.\n\nO good Advocate\,* save us who sing to Y
 ou: Alleluia.\n\nEntrance\n\nCome\, let us worship and fall down before Ch
 rist.\n\nO good Advocate\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nTroparia
  and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: Blessed are You\, O Christ our God wh
 o revealed the fishermen as most wise* by sending them the Holy Spirit\;* 
 through them You caught the entire world.* Loving Master\, glory to You.\n
 \nTroparion\, Tone 4: O prophet and forerunner\,* Christ has revealed to u
 s your head as divine treasure concealed in the earth.* Assembled for this
  discovery* we praise Christ with hymns inspired of God.* Through your int
 ercessions He saves us from corruption.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to t
 he Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 6: The Forerunner\, a l
 uminous and divine support in the world\,* the lampstand of the sun\,* has
  revealed his resplendent and divine head to the ends of the earth.* He ha
 llows those who bow and cry out in faith:* “Save us all\, O most wise Ba
 ptist of Christ.”\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Ton
 e 8: When the Most high descended and confused the tongues\,* He parted th
 e nations.* He called all to unity\;* and with one voice* we glorify the a
 ll-Holy Spirit.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 8\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth 
 into all the earth\,* and their words unto the ends of the world.\n\nverse
 : The heavens tell the glory of God\, and the firmament declares the work 
 of His hand. (Psalm 19:5\,2)\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nThe just man shall
  be glad in the Lord and shall hope in Him.\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 1:1-7\, 1
 3-17\; 2 Corinthians 4:6-15\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: By the Lord’s
  words the heavens were established\, and by the Breath of His mouth all t
 heir host.\n\nverse: The Lord has looked down from heaven and beheld the w
 hole human race.\n\nverse: Light is risen for the just and joy for the rig
 hteous of heart.\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 4:25-5:13\; Matthew 11:2-15\n\nHymn 
 to the Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the one Divinity in three Persons.
 \n\nand the Irmos: Rejoice\, O Queen\, boast of the virgins and mothers\, 
 for every tongue\, though capable and eloquent\, cannot hymn you as is you
 r due\, and every mind is confounded in seeking to comprehend the way in w
 hich you gave birth. Wherefore with one accord we glorify you.\n\nCommunio
 n Hymn\n\nYour good Spirit will lead me* to the land of righteousness.* Th
 e just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall
  have no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia.
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