July 15, 2014 Holy Grand Prince Vladimir, Equal to the Apostles, Named Basil at Holy Baptism

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GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading “Blessed is the Man…” is sung.   At Palm 140 In Tone 4 6. You were a second Constantine in word and deed, for he was born in a Christian age, yet lived for many years among the pagans, while you were born of heathen, but loved...

July 13, 2014 Sunday of the Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils, Tone 4

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GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading “Blessed is the man…” is sung.   At Psalm 140 In Tone 4 10. We never cease to adore Your life-giving Cross, O Christ our God, And we glorify Your resurrection on the third day. For You, Almighty One, have thereby restored the...

July 10, 2014 Our Venerable Father Anthony of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev

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GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading “Blessed is the man…” is sung.   At Psalm 140 In Tone 1 6. When the love of God took possession of you, venerable Anthony, you began to look upon the enticements of the world as vain. For this reason you left your homeland and...

July 6, 2014 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 3 Sunday of All Saints of Rus’-Ukraine

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GREAT VESPERS At Psalm 140 In Tone 3 10. By Your Cross, O Christ our Saviour, the power of Death has been vanquished and the deceit of the devil has been destroyed. Therefore, mankind, saved by faith, offers You hymns of praise forever. 9. O Lord, all creation has...

July 2, 2014 The Placing of the Precious Robe of our Most Holy Lady and Mother of God in the Church at Blachernae in Constantinople

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During the reign of Emperor Leo the Great (458-471 A.D.), Empress Verina and Patriarch Gennadius, two noblemen from Constantinople, Galibus and Candidus, traveled throughout the Holy Land to venerate and to worship before the holy shrines. In Nazareth, they stopped...