GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH ‘OUR LADY OF DAMASCUS’
20th SEPTEMBER, 2026
THE AFTERFEAST OF THE EXALTATION
OF THE PRECIOUS CROSS OF THE LORD
COMMEMORATION OF THE HOLY GREAT MARTYR EYSTATHIUS
AND THOSE WITH HIM
DIVINE LITURGY OF SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
Resurrectional Hymn Tone 8
| From on high You did descend, O Compas-sionate One; to burial of three days You have sub-mitted that You might free us from our passions. O our Life and Resur-rection, O Lord, glory be to You. | Ex ìpsus katìlthes O èfsplahnos, tafìn kate-dhèxo triìmeron, ìna imàs eleftheròsis ton pathòn: i Zoì ke i Anàstasis imòn Kìrie dhòxa si. | Ἐξ ὕψους κατῆλ-θες ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος, ταφὴν καταδέξω τριήμερον, ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃς τῶν παθῶν. Ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀνάστασις ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι. |
Troparion of the Feast
| Save O Lord your people, and bless your inherit-ance. Grant now unto the faithful victory over adversaries, and by the power of your Cross do preserve your community. | Sòson Kìrie ton laòn su ke evlòyison tin klironomìan su. Nìkas tis vasilèfsi katà varvàron dhorùmenos ke to son filàton dhià tu stavrù su polìtevma. | Σώσον, Κύριε, τον λαόν Σου και ευλόγησον την κληρονομίαν Σου, νίκας τοις βασιλεύσι κατά βαρβάρων δωρούμενος και το σον φυλάττων, δια του Σταυρού Σου, πολίτευμα. |
Troparion of the Holy Martyrs
| In their sufferings, Your martyrs, O Lord, re-ceived imperishable crowns from You, our God; for, possessed of Your might, they set at naught the tyrants and crushed the feeble auda-city of the demons. By their supplications do save our souls. | I Martires su Kìrie, en ti athlìsi aftòn, stefànus ekomìsanto, tis aftharsi- as, ek su tu Theù imon; shòntes gar tin ischìn su, tus tirànnus kathìlon, èthravsan ke dhemònon ta anìschira thràsi; aftòn tes ikesìes Hristè o Theòs, sòson tas psihàs imòn. | Οἱ μάρτυρές σου, Κύριε, ἐν τῇ ἀθλήσει αὐτῶν, στεφάνους ἐκομίσαντο τῆς ἀφθαρσίας, ἐκ σοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· σχόντες γὰρ τὴν ἰσχύν σου, τοὺς τυράννους καθεῖλον, ἐθραυσαν καὶ δαιμόνων τὰ ἀσθενῆ θράση. Ταῖς αὐτῶν ἱκεσίαις, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, σῶσον τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν. |
Glory to the Father … Dhòxa Patrì … Δόξα Πατρί …
Hymn of the Dormition of the Mother of God
| In giving birth you did preserve your virginity, and in your Dormition you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos. You have been translated unto life, since you are the Mother of Life. By your intercessions you do deliver our souls from death. | En ti yennìsi tin parthe-nìan efìlaxas, en ti kimìsi ton kòsmon u katèlipes, Theotòke. Metèstis pros tin zoìn, Mìtir ipàrhusa tis zoìs, ke tes presvìes tes ses litrumèni ek thanàtu tas psihàs imòn. | Εν τη γεννήσει την παρθενίαν εφύλαξας, εν τη κοιμήσει τον κόσμον ου κατέλιπες, Θεοτόκε. μετέστης προς την ζωήν, Μήτηρ υπάρχουσα της ζωής και ταις πρεσβείαις ταις σαις λυτρουμένη εκ θανάτου τας ψυχάς ημών. |
Now and ever … Κe nin ke aì … Και νυν και αεί …
Kontakion (Collect) of the Exaltation of the Cross
| O Christ our God, who chose by your own free will to be elevated on the Holy Cross, grant your mercies to your new people who are called by your name. In your power, gladden the hearts of our public authorities; strengthen them in every good deed so that your true alliance may be for them a weapon of peace and a standard of victory. | O ipsothìs en do Stavrò ekusìos, ti eponìmo su kenì politìa, tus iktirmùs su dhòrise, Hristè o Theòs, èvfranon en ti dhinàmi su tus pistùs vasilìs imòn, nìkas horigòn aftìs katà ton polemìon. Tin simma-chìan èchien tin sin, òplon irìnis, aìttiton tròpeon. | Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ ἑκουσίως, τῇ ἐπωνύμῳ σου καινὴ πολιτεία, τοὺς οἰκτιρμούς σου δώρησαι, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, Εὔφρανον ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου, τοὺς πιστοὺς Βασιλεῖς ἡμῶν, νίκας χορηγῶν αὐτοῖς, κατὰ τῶν πολεμίων, τὴν συμμαχίαν ἔχοιεν τὴν σήν, ὅπλον εἰρήνης, ἀήττητον τρόπαιον. |
Instead of the Trice-Holy Hymn (Trisàyion), we chant the following:
| Before your Cross we bow down in worship, O Master, and your holy Resurrection we glorify!” | Ton Stavròn su pros-kinùmen, Dhéspota, ke tin ayìan su anàstasin dhoxàzomen. | Τὸν Σταυρόν σου προσ-κυνοῦμε Δέσποτα καὶ τὴν ἁγίαν σου Ἀνάστασιν δοξάζομεν. |
Today’s Readings:
Galatians 2:16-20; Mark 8:34-38; 9:1