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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260520
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260521
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SUMMARY:Wednesday\, May 20\, 2026\; The Holy Martyr Thaleleus.
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appoin
 ted psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nIf You mark iniquitie
 s\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be rev
 ered.\n\nAs Your divine disciples watched\, You ascended into the heavens\
 ,* and sit at the right hand of the Father\,* though You were not separate
 d from Him\, as the transcendent Son:* and as You promised\, You sent fort
 h the Comforter\,* that He might fashion earthly heavens* out of Your wise
  and divinely-speaking sacred Apostles.\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\nO Jesus\, You assumed flesh out of the abundance of Yo
 ur inexpressible goodness\;* and You\, O immortal One\, willingly endured 
 death upon the Cross.* But then\, when three days had passed\, You arose f
 rom the dead.* And again\, after forty days\, You ascended to the place\, 
 from where You had before descended\,* to lead mankind to the Father and t
 o bestow peace upon the world.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let 
 Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nAs they saw You taken up upon the clouds O Lo
 rd\, the wise Apostles lamented\,* and filled with sorrow\, they cried alo
 ud to You with tears:* Leave us not orphaned whom You have loved\;* Rather
 \, send down to us as You promised\, O Compassionate One\,* Your Divine an
 d Holy Spirit\,* that He might shed His light upon our souls.\n\nTone 4\n\
 nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemp
 tion\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nWhen the gr
 eat turbulence of the earth laid hold of you\,* and a storm smote your sou
 l\, O most glorious one\,* steered by your exalted name as with a rudder* 
 you traversed unharmed the abyss of greatly painful tortures\;* and having
  attained to the harbours of the Most High\,* you were filled with everlas
 ting calm\, O martyr Thalaleus.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* pr
 oclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nLifted up upon a tree\, your side la
 cerated by the savagery of the torturers\,* you emulated the suffering of 
 the Master of creation\, O glorious one\;* and you denounced their erroneo
 us thought\,* reviling the falsehood of idolatry and manifestly strengthen
 ing piety\,* O great-martyr Thalaleus.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord f
 or us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nAt the command of the tyrant 
 you were committed to the depths of the sea\,* yet through divine grace re
 mained undrowned\, O all-wise one\;* and with the torrents of your blood* 
 you drowned the noetic Pharaoh and his army\, O divinely wise one\,* and\,
  strengthened greatly by Christ\,* committed him to utter destruction.\n\n
 Tone 5\, Glory… Now…\n\nCome\, O assemblies of the faithful\,* let us 
 acquire the mind of Christ’s disciples\,* that we may sing an unceasing 
 hymn upon the Mount of Olives\,* and\, like the Apostles\, let us cry out 
 with David:* God is gone up in jubilation\,* the Lord with the voice of a 
 trumpet\,* that He might rescue the kindred of mortal mankind* from the st
 umbling-blocks of the wicked one* and enlighten our souls.\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\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nO new and wondrous deed!* Lo
 \, mortal human nature ascends to the heavens\;* for it is now made one wi
 th the Word\,* who is Almighty God.\n\nClap your hands\, all nations\;* sh
 out to God with a voice of rejoicing.\n\nThere has shone forth today the b
 right day of the Master’s divine ascent to heaven.* This luminous feast 
 sheds* its radiance upon all the earth.\n\nGod is gone up in jubilation\,*
  the Lord with the voice of the trumpet.\n\nEven as You sent to Your divin
 e disciples* Your consubstantial Spirit\, O Christ\,* so send down Your gr
 ace to Your people now.\n\nTone 5\, Glory… Now…\n\nO Lord\, as You wer
 e being taken up\,* to where You were not separated\,* the hosts of angels
  and all the bodiless ones* cried out rejoicing to the powers above:* Lift
  up the gates\, O princes\,* and the King of Glory shall enter therein.* F
 or the cherubic throne took You up in the flesh.* O Lord\, glory be to You
 .\n\nTroparia\, Tone 4\n\nYour martyr\, Thaleleus\, O Lord\,* by his passi
 on acquired the crown of incorruptibility from You\, our God.* For possess
 ing Your power he overcame the torturers* and shattered the feeble insolen
 ce of demons.* By his supplications\, save 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 bless
 ing* that You are the Son of God\,** the Redeemer of the world.\nAT DIVINE
  LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\nFirst Antiphon\n\nClap your hands\, all you
  nations\;* 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 aw
 esome\,* a great king over all the earth.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mo
 ther of God\, O Saviour\, save\, us.\n\nHe has subdued peoples to us\,* an
 d nations under our feet.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O 
 Saviour\, save\, us.\n\nGod ascended amid shouts of joy\;* the Lord at the
  sound of the trumpet.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\, O Sav
 iour\, save\, us.\n\nGlory… Now…  Only-Begotten Son…\n\nThird Antip
 hon\n\nCome\, let us sing joyfully to the Lord\,* let us acclaim God\, our
  Saviour.\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to You
 : Alleluia.\n\nLet us come before His face with praise\,* and acclaim Him 
 in psalms.\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to Yo
 u: Alleluia.\n\nFor God is the great Lord\,* the great king over all the e
 arth.\n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to You: Al
 leluia.\n\nEntrance\n\nCome\, let us worship* and fall down before Christ.
 \n\nSon of God\, who ascended in glory\,* save us who sing to You: Allelui
 a.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: You ascended in glory\,
  O Christ our God\,* giving joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Ho
 ly Spirit\,* 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 t
 he Son\, and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKont
 akion\, 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 wh
 o love You:* I am with You and there is none against you.\n\nProkeimenon\,
  Tone 7\n\nBe exalted\, O God\, above the heavens\;* above all the earth b
 e Your glory.\n\nverse: My heart is ready\, O God\, my heart is ready. I w
 ill sing and make music in my glory. (Psalm 56:6\,8)\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 23
 :1-11\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: God ascended amid shouts of joy\; the
  Lord at the sound of the trumpet.\n\nverse: Clap your hands\, all you nat
 ions\; shout to God with the voice of joy. (Psalm 46:6\,2)\n\nGospel\n\nJo
 hn 16:15-23\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the Lord who i
 n glory ascended bodily into the heavens.\n\nand the Irmos: O Mother of Go
 d\,* you transcended both mind and word\,* and in time\, ineffably bore th
 e Timeless One:* it is you who\, with one accord\,* we\, the faithful\, ma
 gnify.\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\nInstead of We have seen the true light we sing:\n\nBe exalted\, O God\,
  above 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 th
 e heavens\, above all the earth be Your glory.
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