The Sunday of All Saints of Russia Beatitude Verses: Octoechos: 6; All Saints of Russia: 4   1.  Through food did the enemy lead Adam forth from paradise; but by the Cross hath Christ led back to it the thief who cried:  Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!   2.  With Adam and the thief I worship Thy […]

St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco Beatitude Verses: Hierarch: 4 from Ode 3; 4 from Ode 6. 1 & 2.  We celebrate thy memory with gladness, O our archpastor and guide; and we venerate thy precious and incorrupt relics, asking thy supplications. Thou didst assume the image of an angel, and, clad in the full armor of God, didst array thyself […]

The Sunday of All Saints Beatitudes on 8; Resurrection, from the Pentecostarion: 4; Saints: 4, from Ode 6. Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the world, as Thou didst remember the thief upon the Cross; and account us all worthy of Thy heavenly kingdom, O Thou Who alone art compassionate. Nailed of Thine own will to […]

LITURGY – THE SUNDAY OF HOLY PENTECOST In place of the usual antiphons, use the festal antiphons: The First Antiphon (Second Tone)   Stichos 1:  The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament declareth the work of His hands. Refrain:  Through the prayers of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us. Stichos 2:  Day unto day poureth forth speech and night […]