Liturgical Texts
Here you will find the texts for various liturgical services. This page will be updated frequently.
Christ is Risen. Indeed, He is Risen!
Sunday of After-feast of Ascension, May 28th
Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council; Hieromartyr Eutychios, bishop of Melitene; Martyr Heliconis of Thessalonica
Matins & Divine Liturgy
On May 28 in the Holy Orthodox Church, we commemorate the Hieromartyr Eutychios, bishop of Melitene; and Martyr Heliconis of Thessalonica.
On this day, the seventh Sunday of Pascha, we celebrate the first Ecumenical Council of the 318 God-bearing Fathers, which took place in Nicaea in Bithynia.
Verses
O ye light-bearing stars of the spiritual firmament, enlighten my mind with your rays.
Verses Against Arius
Calling the Son a stranger to the Father’s essence, Arius proved to be a stranger to God’s glory.
Arius, the notorious heretic, began to blaspheme against God and His Son the Word, saying that the latter was not God consubstantial with the Father, but that He was created as a stranger to the Substance of the Father and His glory. Alexander, the Archbishop of Alexandria, tried to constrain Arius from disturbing the faithful with this teaching; even though Alexander excommunicated him, Arius did not cease his blasphemy, which spread throughout the Church in all nations. Thus, Emperor Constantine the Great called the First Ecumenical Council, which gathered bishops and teachers in the Church from all lands. They all proclaimed, as by one mouth, the equality of the Son of God with the Father in Substance, thus laying down the noble Confession of Faith, The Creed, which we Orthodox Christians recite to this day. The Church regards these divine Fathers as preachers of the Faith next to the holy Apostles.
By the intercessions of the 318 God-bearing Fathers, O Christ God, have mercy on us. Amen.
On this day, the seventh Sunday of Pascha, we celebrate the first Ecumenical Council of the 318 God-bearing Fathers, which took place in Nicaea in Bithynia.
Verses
O ye light-bearing stars of the spiritual firmament, enlighten my mind with your rays.
Verses Against Arius
Calling the Son a stranger to the Father’s essence, Arius proved to be a stranger to God’s glory.
Arius, the notorious heretic, began to blaspheme against God and His Son the Word, saying that the latter was not God consubstantial with the Father, but that He was created as a stranger to the Substance of the Father and His glory. Alexander, the Archbishop of Alexandria, tried to constrain Arius from disturbing the faithful with this teaching; even though Alexander excommunicated him, Arius did not cease his blasphemy, which spread throughout the Church in all nations. Thus, Emperor Constantine the Great called the First Ecumenical Council, which gathered bishops and teachers in the Church from all lands. They all proclaimed, as by one mouth, the equality of the Son of God with the Father in Substance, thus laying down the noble Confession of Faith, The Creed, which we Orthodox Christians recite to this day. The Church regards these divine Fathers as preachers of the Faith next to the holy Apostles.
By the intercessions of the 318 God-bearing Fathers, O Christ God, have mercy on us. Amen.