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:458@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260513 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260514 DTSTAMP:20260507T170051Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/wednesday-may-13-2026-the-leave- taking-of-holy-pascha-the-holy-martyr-glyceria/ SUMMARY:Wednesday\, May 13\, 2026\; The Leave-taking of Holy Pascha\; The H oly Martyr Glyceria DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\nThe Royal Doors are opened. The Priest\, standing before the Holy Table with the censer and candle begins with the Paschal Beginning:\n\nGlory to the holy\, consubstantial\, life-c reating\, and undivided Trinity\, always\, now\, and for ever and ever.\n\ nAll: Amen.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* tramp ling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life. (thrice).\n \nPriest: Let God arise\, and let His enemies be scattered\; let those who hate Him flee from before His face!\n\nAll: Christ is risen...\n\nPriest: As smoke vanishes\, let them vanish\, as wax melts before the fire!\n\nAl l: Christ is risen...\n\nPriest: So let the sinners perish before the face of God\, but let the righteous be glad!\n\nAll: Christ is risen...\n\nPri est: This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!\n\nAll: Christ is risen...\n\nPriest: Glory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nAl l: Christ is risen...\n\nPriest: Christ is risen from the dead\, trampling death by death\,\n\nAll: And to those in the tombs giving life.\n\nLitany of Peace\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 2\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nHe th at was born blind thought to himself and said:* Was I born without eyes fo r the sins of my parents?* Was I born to be an example because of the unbe lief of the nations?* I cease not from asking: When is it night\, when is it day?* My feet cannot endure striking against the stones.* For I have ne ither seen the sun shining nor beheld in image Him who fashioned me.* But I beseech You\, O Christ God\, look upon me and have mercy on me.\n\nI hav e waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nAs Jesus passed by on His wa y from the temple\,* He found a man who was blind from his birth\;* and ta king compassion on him\, He put clay on his eyes and said to him:* Go and wash in the pool of Siloam.* And he washed and gained his sight\, and sent up praise to God.* But his kinsmen said to him:* Who has opened your eyes \, which none of them that see was able to heal?* And he cried out and sai d:* A man called Jesus\; He told me: Wash in the pool of Siloam\; and I ga ined my sight.* He is truly Christ the Messiah\, of whom Moses spoke in th e Law.* He is the Saviour of our souls.\n\nTone 4\n\nFrom the morning watc h until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nThe blind man\, accounting all his life as though it were night\,* cried to You\, O Lord:* Open my e yes\, O our Saviour\, O Son of David\,* that together with all mankind\,* I also may praise Your power.\n\nTone 5\n\nFor with the Lord there is merc y\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Isra el from all its iniquities.\n\nPassing by on the way\, O Lord\,* You found a man who was blind from his birth.* And the disciples\, in astonishment\ , asked You and said:* Teacher\, who sinned\, this man or his parents\, th at he was born blind?* And You\, O my Saviour\, cried to them: Neither has this man sinned\, nor his parents\,* but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.* I must work the works of Him that sent Me\, which n one else can work.* And when You had said this\, You spit upon the ground and make clay\,* and anointed his eyes\, saying to him:* Go\, wash in the pool of Siloam.* And he washed and was made whole and cried to You:* Lord\ , I believe\; and he worshipped You.* Therefore\, we also cry out: have me rcy on us.\n\nTone 8\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nO Christ God\, spiritual Sun of Righteousness\, * who by Your immaculate touch bestowed a twofold enlightenment* upon him who from his mother’s womb was deprived of sight\,* illumine the eyes of our souls also\,* and prove us to be sons and daughters of the day\, that we may cry to You with faith:* Great and ineffable is Your compassion tow ard us\, O Lover of mankind\; glory be to You.\n\nStrong is the love of th e Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nO Christ God\, who by Your merciful compassion became incarnate\,* with Your fingers which have fashioned all things* You touched clay to the eyes of him who from the wo mb 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\nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nWho can tell of Your mighty acts\, O Christ\,* or who can number the multitudes of Your wonders?* For even as You\, in Your goodness\, appeared on earth twofold of nature\,* so You granted twofold healings to the sick\;* for You opened not only the b odily eyes of the man who was blind from the womb\,* but those of his soul also.* Therefore\, he confessed You\, the hidden God\, who grants great m ercy to all.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 1\n\nYour mercy\, O Lord\, shall follow me* all the days of my life.\n\nverse: The Lord is my shepherd\, I shall not want. In green pastures He gives me repose.\n\nVouchsafe\, O Lord\n\nL itany of Supplication\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 5\n\nWith voices of song we mag nify You\, O Christ\, the Saviour incarnate\,* yet not separated from heav en\,* for as the Lord who loves mankind* You have suffered the cross and d eath for the sake of our race\,* overthrowing the gates of Hades\,* and ri sing on the third day\,* thus saving our souls.\n\nAnd the Paschal Sticher a:\n\nLet God arise\, let His enemies be scattered.\n\nToday a sacred Pasc ha is revealed to us: a new and holy Pascha\; a mystical Pascha\; a Pascha which is Christ the Redeemer\; a blameless Pascha\; a great Pascha\; a Pa scha of the faithful\; a Pascha which has opened for us the gates of Parad ise\; a Pascha which sanctifies all the faithful.\n\nAs smoke vanishes\, l et them vanish!\n\nCome from that scene O women bearers of glad tidings\, and say to Zion: Receive from us the glad tidings of joy of Christ’s Res urrection: Exult and be glad\, and rejoice\, O Jerusalem\, seeing Christ t he King who comes forth from the tomb like a Bridegroom in procession!\n\n So let sinners perish before the face of God\, but let the righteous scatt er rejoice!\n\nThe myrrh-bearing women at the break of dawn drew near to t he tomb of the Life Giver. There they found an angel sitting upon a stone\ , he greeted the\, with these words: “Why do you seek the living among t he dead? Why do you mourn in the incorrupt amid corruption? Go\, proclaim the glad tidings to His disciples.”\n\nThis is the day which the Lord ha s made: let us rejoice and be glad in it!\n\nPascha of beauty! The Pascha of the Lord! Pascha! A Pascha worthy of all honour has dawned on us. Pasch a! Let us embrace each other joyously! Pascha\, ransom from affliction! Fo r today as from a bridal chamber Christ has shown forth from the Tomb\, an d filled the women with joy saying: “Proclaim the glad tidings to the Ap ostles!”\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThis is the day of Resurrection\, let us be illumined by the Feast! Let us embrace each other! Let us call “broth ers and sisters” even those that hate us and forgive all by the Resurrec tion\, and so let us cry:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling de ath by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nTroparia\n\nTon e 5\n\nLet us the faithful acclaim and worship the Word\,* co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit\,* and born of the Virgin for our salvation.* F or He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh\, to suffer death* and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.\n\nGlory... Now...\n\n Rejoice\, O impassable door of the Lord!* Rejoice\, O rampart and protecti on of those who have recourse to you!* Rejoice\, O tranquil haven and Virg in\,* who gave birth in the flesh to your Maker and God!* Fail not to inte rcede for those* who sing and worship the Child you bore.\n\nInsistent Lit any\n\nDismissal\, with the commemoration of the Saint of the Day\nAT DIVI NE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed be the Kingdom… and the people have responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing t he Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChri st is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in t he tombs* giving life.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 5: Let us the faithful acclaim and worship the Word\,* co-eternal with the Fathe r and the Spirit\,* and born of the Virgin for our salvation.* For He will ed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh\, to suffer death* and to rai se 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 tho se 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 th e power of Hades\;* and You rose as victor\, O Christ God\,* calling to th e myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice!* and giving peace to Your Apostles:* You\, who grant Resurrection to the fallen.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 8\n\nPray and give thanks to the Lord our God.\n\nverse: In Judea God is known\; His na me is great in Israel. (Psalm 76:12\,2)\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 18:22-28\n\nAll eluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: Look upon me and have mercy.\n\nverse: Direct my steps according to Your word. (Psalm 118:131-132)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 12:36- 47\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nThe Angel cried out to the One full of Grac e: O chaste Virgin\, rejoice! And again I say\, Rejoice! Your Son has rise n from the tomb on the third day\, and raised the dead. Let all people rej oice! Shine\, shine\, O new Jerusalem\, for the glory of the Lord has rise n upon you! Exult now and be glad\, O Sion! And you\, O chaste Mother of G od\, take delight in the resurrection of your Son.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nRe ceive the Body of Christ\;* taste the fountain of immortality.* 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 death by death\,* and to t hose in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of 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\,* trampl ing death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead o f Blessed be the name of the Lord… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is ris en 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 ever. 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 i s 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 resur rection on the third day.\nAnd thus concludes the Feast of the Holy and Li fe-giving Resurrection of Christ\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