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SUMMARY:Wednesday\, April 22\, 2026\; Our Venerable Father Theodore of Syce
 um
DESCRIPTION:VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Bl
 essed be our God… and the people have responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing
  the Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy si
 ng the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nCh
 rist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in
  the tombs* giving life.\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe assigned psalms are ch
 anted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 2\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who ca
 n stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nThe wome
 n disciples of Christ rejoiced upon hearing the words of the Angel.* From 
 which they came to believe in the arising of the Lord\,* who for our sake 
 was counted among the dead.* For before this the myrrh-bearers stood befor
 e the Tomb lamenting over Christ\,* and beholding the stone so quickly rol
 led away\;* they were greatly perplexed wondering where He could be.\n\nI 
 have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Yo
 ur promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nThe sacred and divine dis
 ciples of Christ were granted unceasing and divine joy\,* when the myrrh-b
 earing woman disciples of Christ* fulfilled the command spoken to them by 
 the divine Angel.* For he who had amazed them in brilliant\, white raiment
 \,* spoke o them saying:* God the King who has died for us* has utterly va
 nquished\, through His Resurrection\, the dark realms of Hades.\n\nFrom th
 e morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nHaving poure
 d forth streams of ardent grief as from a fount flowing with tears\,* the 
 divine women disciples of Christ* now declare glad words to the eye-witnes
 ses of grace.* Telling them of the Word’s arising\,* and that joy has is
 sued forth from the tomb.* Therefore instead of sorrow\,* they heard wondr
 ous voices\, bidding them all to rejoice.\n\nTone 5\n\nFor with the Lord t
 here is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall
  redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nO venerable father\, sacred The
 odore\,* you were sanctified from your mother's womb\,* and like Jeremiah 
 of old was known to God.* A star heralded your nativity\,* the whole world
  has truly been enlightened by the splendour of your life\,* and the darkn
 ess of the demons has vanished.* Infirmities have been driven away from me
 n of every age\,* and grace has poured forth all manner of healings.* Wher
 efore\, we cry out to you:* ever entreat Christ\, that He grant to the wor
 ld great mercy.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory
 \, all you people.\n\nO venerable father\, right wondrous Theodore\,* havi
 ng consumed all the tinder of sin with mighty abstinence and the fire of p
 rayer\,* you received divine illumination\, you caused the grace of the Tr
 inity to abide in you\,* and became wholly radiant\, emitting rays of heal
 ing\,* beholding things to come\, as did Elisha of old\,* sundering the bo
 nds of barrenness\,* driving away hordes of demons with the power of the d
 ivine Spirit\,* and beseeching Him\, that He grant peace and great mercy t
 o the whole world.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally w
 ill His truth endure.\n\nO venerable father\, most honoured Theodore\,* su
 n who has illumined the earth with your works and countless signs\, precio
 us gift given to Christ God\,* excellent foundation of the priesthood\, mo
 del of monastics\,* confirmation of those who have recourse to you with fa
 ith\,* precious stone\, house of the Trinity\,* bowl pouring forth an abys
 s of healings:* pray ever to Christ\, that He grant to the whole world pea
 ce and great mercy.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nThe myrrh-bearing women
  came to Your tomb\;* and beholding the seals of the sepulchre yet not fin
 ding Your immaculate Body\,* they came with haste\, lamenting and saying:*
  Who has stolen our Hope?* Who has taken away a naked and anointed body\,*
  the only comforting consolation of His Mother?* Alas! how has He that has
  quickened the dead been put to death?* And how has He who despoiled Hades
  been buried?* But after three days arise\, O Saviour\, by Your own author
 ity\, as You said\,* and save our souls.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 1\n\nYour m
 ercy\, O Lord\, shall follow me* all the days of my life.\n\nverse: The Lo
 rd is my shepherd\, I shall not want. In green pastures He gives me repose
 .\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nSave me\, O Christ Saviour\, by the power of t
 he Cross\,* O You who once saved Peter in the sea\,* and have mercy on me\
 , O God.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold\, 
 as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their 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\nWith the Archangels let us hymn the Resu
 rrection of Christ\;* for He is the Redeemer and the Saviour of our souls\
 ;* and He is coming again with great glory and mighty power* to judge the 
 world which He has fashioned.\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 choirs of the 
 martyrs withstood the tyrants saying:* We have been enlisted by the King o
 f hosts.* Even should you destroy us with fire and torments\,* we will not
  deny the might of the Trinity.\n\nTone 6\, Glory… Now…\n\nJoseph aske
 d for the Body of Jesus* and laid it in his own new sepulchre\;* for it wa
 s meet that He should come forth from the grave\, as from a bridal chamber
 .* O You who have crushed the might of death* and have opened the gates of
  Paradise to mankind\,* glory be to You.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 2\n\nThe nobl
 e Joseph took down Your most pure Body from the tree.* He wrapped it with 
 a clean shroud and aromatic spices\,* and placed it in a new tomb.* But on
  the third day You arose\, O Lord\,* granting the world Your great mercy.\
 n\nWhen You went down to death\, O Life Immortal\,* You struck Hades dead 
 with the blazing light of Your divinity.* When You raised the dead from th
 e nether world\,* all the powers of heaven cried out:* O Giver of life\, C
 hrist our God\, glory be to You!\n\nTone 2\, Glory…\n\nKnown to be sanct
 ified from your earliest infancy\, * and shown to be full of grace\, you i
 llumined the world with miracles\, * and drove away a multitude of the dem
 ons\, O sacred minister Theodore\; ** wherefore\, pray to the Lord on our 
 behalf.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nThe angel stood by the tomb and cried out to
  the women bringing ointment:* Ointments are for the dead\,* but Christ ha
 s shown Himself not subject to corruption.* So now cry out: The Lord is ri
 sen\,* bestowing great mercy upon the world.\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDENSD
 AY MORNING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed be the Kingdom… and
  the people have responded\, Amen\, 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\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChrist is risen from the 
 dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life
 .\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2: When You went down to de
 ath\, O Life Immortal\,* You struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Y
 our divinity.* When You raised the dead from the nether world\,* all the p
 owers of heaven cried out:* “O Giver of Life\, Christ our God\, glory be
  to You!”\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2: The noble Joseph took down Your most pu
 re body from the tree.* He wrapped it with a clean shroud and aromatic spi
 ces* and placed it in a new tomb.* But on the third day You arose\, O Lord
 \,* granting the world Your great mercy.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2: The angel 
 stood by the tomb and cried out to the women bringing ointment:* Ointments
  are for the dead\,* but Christ has shown Himself not subject to corruptio
 n.* So now cry out: The Lord is risen\,* bestowing great mercy upon the wo
 rld.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2: Known to be sanctified from your earliest infa
 ncy\, * and shown to be full of grace\, you illumined the world with mirac
 les\, * and drove away a multitude of the demons\, O sacred minister Theod
 ore\; ** wherefore\, pray to the Lord on our behalf.\n\nGlory be to the Fa
 ther\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 3: Mou
 nting the virtues as upon a fiery chariot O God-bearer\, * you ascended to
  the heavenly abodes. * You dwelt like an angel with men\, * and as a man 
 you joined chorus with the angels.* Wherefore\, you have been shown to be 
 a divine receptacle of miracles\, O venerable Theodore.\n\nNow and for eve
 r and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: You commanded the myrrh-bearers t
 o rejoice\, O Christ God\,* and ended the grief of our mother Eve by Your 
 Resurrection.* You ordered the apostles to proclaim to all:* “The Saviou
 r is risen from the tomb.”\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 6\n\nSave Your people\,
  O Lord\, * and bless Your inheritance.\n\nverse: Unto You I will cry\, O 
 Lord\, my God\, lest You turn from me in silence. (Psalm 27:9\,1)\n\nEpist
 le\n\nActs 8:18-25\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: You have shown favour to
  Your land\, O Lord\; You brought back the captives of Jacob.\n\nverse: Me
 rcy and truth have met\; righteousness and peace have embraced. (Psalm 84:
 2\,11)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 6:35-39\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nThe Angel cri
 ed out to the One full of Grace: O chaste Virgin\, rejoice! And again I sa
 y\, Rejoice! Your Son has risen from the tomb on the third day\, and raise
 d the dead. Let all people rejoice! Shine\, shine\, O new Jerusalem\, for 
 the glory 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 you
 r Son.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nReceive the Body of Christ\;* taste the founta
 in of immortality.* Praise the Lord from the heavens\; praise Him in the h
 ighest.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 148:1)\n\nInstead of Bles
 sed is He Who comes… we sing:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampl
 ing death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead o
 f We have seen the true light… we sing:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead
 \,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\
 nInstead of May our mouths be filled… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is 
 risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tom
 bs* giving life.\n\nInstead of Blessed be the name of the Lord… we sing 
 three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\
 ,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nAt the dismissal\, instead o
 f Glory be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, now and forever
  and ever. Amen. we chant:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\, trampling de
 ath 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 Li
 turgy\, but with the addition:\n\nAnd to us He has granted life eternal\;*
  we bow down before His resurrection on the third day.
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