GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH ‘OUR LADY OF DAMASCUS’
11th OCTOBER, 2026 – 4th Sunday of Luke
COMMEMORATION OF THE HOLY FATHERS
OF THE 7TH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
COMMEMORATION OF THE HOLY APOSTLE PHILIP,
ONE OF THE SEVENTY, AND ONE OF THE SEVEN DEACONS
COMMEMORATION OF OUR HOLY FATHER THEOPHANES THE CONFESSOR HYMNOGRAPHER, BISHOP OF NICAEA
DIVINE LITURGY OF SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
Resurrectional Hymn Tone 3
| Let the heavens be glad; let earthly things rejoice; for the Lord has wrought might with His arm. He has trampled down death by death; the first-born of the dead has He become. From the belly of Hades has He delivered us and has granted to the world great mercy. | Evfrenèstho ta urània agalliàstho ta epìyia, óti epìise kràtos en vrachìoni aftù o Kìrios; epàtise to thanàto ton thànaton, protòtokos ton nekròn eyèneto; ek kilìas àdhu erìsato imàs ke parèsche to kòsmo to mèga èleos. | Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ οὐρά-νια, ἀγαλλιάσθω τὰ ἐπίγεια, ὅτι ἐποίησε κράτος, ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ, ὁ Κύριος, ἐπάτησε τῶ θανάτω τὸν θάνατον, πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν ἐγένετο, ἐκ κοιλίας ἄδου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς, καὶ παρέσχε τω κόσμω τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. |
Troparion of the Holy Fathers
| Most glorious are You, O Christ our God; You have established our Holy Fathers as lumin-aries upon the earth and through them you have instructed us all in the true faith. O Most Merciful One, glory be to You. | Iperdhedhoxasmènos ì, Christè o Theòs imòn, o fostìras epì ghìs tus Patèras imòn theme-liòsas, ke dhi’aftòn pros tin alithinìn pìstin pan-das imàs odhi-ghìsas, polièfsplanchne, dhòxa si. | Ὑπερδεδοξασμένος εἶ, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ φωστῆρας ἐπὶ γῆς τοὺς Πατέρας ἡμῶν θεμε-λιώσας, καὶ δι’ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὴν ἀληθινὴν πίστιν, πάντας ἡμᾶς ὁδηγήσας, πολυεύ-σπλαγχνε, δόξα σοι. |
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 Entrance of Our Lady into the Temple
| Today, the most pure temple of the Savior, the precious bridal chamber and Virgin, the sacred treasure of God, enters the house of the Lord, bringing the grace of the Divine Spirit. The Angels of God praise her. She is the heavenly tabernacle. | O katharòtatos naòs tu Sotìros, i politìmitos pastàs ke Parthènos, to ieròn thisàvrisma tis dhòxis tu Theù sìmeron isàyete en to ìko Kirìu, tin chàrin sinisàgusa tin en Pnèvmati thìo; in animnùsin àngeli Theù; àfti ipàrchi skinì epurànios. | Ὁ καθαρώτατος ναὸς τοῦ Σωτῆρος, ἡ πολυ-τίμητος παστὰς καὶ Παρθένος, τὸ Ἱερὸν θησαύρισμα τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ, σήμερον εἰσάγεται, ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου, τὴν χάριν συνεισάγουσα, τὴν ἐν Πνεύματι θείῳ· ἣν ἀνυμνοῦσιν Ἄγγελοι Θεοῦ· Αὕτη ὑπάρχει σκηνὴ ἐπουράνιος. |
Today’s Readings:
Titus 3:8-15
Luke 8:5-15