BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:523@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260717 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260718 DTSTAMP:20260709T212205Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/friday-july-15-2026-the-holy-gre at-martyr-marina-blessed-hieromartyr-pavlo-hoydych-bishop-of-pryashiv/ SUMMARY:Friday\, July 15\, 2026\; The Holy Great-Martyr Marina\; Blessed H ieromartyr Pavlo Hoydych\, Bishop of Pryashiv. DESCRIPTION:Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients\n \n \;\n\nVESPERS\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chant ed.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\, Podoben “O all-glorious wonder…”\n\n If You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness i s that You may be revered.\n\nO all-glorious wonder!* He who exalted himse lf in his pride* and said that he would destroy the earth and the sea* hav e you\, a young and most immaculate maiden\,* humbled to the ground\, vanq uishing his wiles.* O\, the power of the Cross and grace* which has manife stly made firm all weakness for us!\n\nI have waited for You as You have c ommanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nO all-glorious wonder!* He who exalted himself in his prid e* and said that he would destroy the earth and the sea* have you\, a youn g and most immaculate maiden\,* humbled to the ground\, vanquishing his wi les.* O\, the power of the Cross and grace* which has manifestly made firm all weakness for us!\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel tr ust in the Lord.\n\nO all-praised martyr Marina\,* neither the fire of tor ment\, nor the enjoyment of food\,* nor the joys of this world\, nor the b eauty of youth* were able to separate from thy love for Christ* you who de sired to obtain the beauty of your honoured Bridegroom* which passes all u nderstanding.* And you were counted worthy of it\, O divinely blessed one. \n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful red emption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nO all-pr aised martyr Marina\,* neither the fire of torment\, nor the enjoyment of food\,* nor the joys of this world\, nor the beauty of youth* were able to separate from thy love for Christ* you who desired to obtain the beauty o f your honoured Bridegroom* which passes all understanding.* And you were counted worthy of it\, O divinely blessed one.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all th e nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nO most glorious marty r Marina\,* who have rightly made your abode in the mansions of heaven* wi th the ranks of virgins and the armies of the martyrs:* by your prayers sa ve them who with faith keep your memory* and faithfully have recourse to y our protection\;* and ask of God remission of sins\, deliverance\, and gre at mercy.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His t ruth endure.\n\nO most glorious martyr Marina\,* who have rightly made you r abode in the mansions of heaven* with the ranks of virgins and the armie s of the martyrs:* by your prayers save them who with faith keep your memo ry* and faithfully have recourse to your protection\;* and ask of God remi ssion of sins\, deliverance\, and great mercy.\n\nTone 2\, Glory…\n\nLet us listen to the praise of the holy virgin* who\, having kept her lamp ev er burning\,* has made her abode in the city of our God\, in His holy moun tain.* O the virginity of the Church of God!* O virginity\, glory of marty rs!* O virginity\, shared by the angels!\n\nTone 2\, Now… Podoben “Whe n from the tree…”\n\nBeholding You nailed to the tree of the Cross\, O Jesus\,* she who knew not wedlock said\, weeping:* “O my sweet Child\, unapproachable Light of the all-unoriginate Father\,* wherefore have You f orsaken me who alone gave You birth?* But make haste and glorify Yourself\ , that those who glorify Your divine sufferings* may receive divine glory! ”\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 6\n\nYour Cross is the life and help of Your peop le\, О Lord\;* and trusting therein\, we hymn You\,* our God who was cruc ified in the flesh.* Have mercy on us!\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold\, as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters\, as the eyes of a maid are on the hands of her mistress\, s o are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nYour Cross \, О Lord\, has opened paradise to the race of mankind\;* and delivered f rom corruption\, we hymn You\, our God who was crucified in the flesh.* Ha ve mercy on us!\n\nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we h ave been filled with shame\; our soul is all too full of the mockery of th e rich\, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nYour martyrs\, О Lord\, did not deny You nor depart from Your commandments.* By their supplications have mercy on us.\n\nTone 2\, Glory…\n\nWith a voice of joy and an exclamatio n of psalmody* let us hymn the martyr Marina\;* for she cast down to the e arth the falsehood of idolatry* and manfully trampled the adverse foe unde r her feet.* Wherefore\, in dying she has taken wing to the heavens\,* bea ring a crown upon her head and crying aloud:* “I desire You\, O my Bride groom\,* and having the love of desire\, I have committed my flesh to the fire for You\,* that I may dwell in Your everlasting mansions\,* where the abode is of those who rejoice!”\n\nTone 2\, Now… Podoben “When from the tree…”\n\nWhen the unblemished ewe-lamb beheld her Lamb led\, of His own will\,* as a man to the slaughter\, she said\, weeping:* “Do You hasten now to leave me childless who gave You birth\, O Christ?* What is this You have done\, O Deliverer of all?* Yet will I hymn and glorify Your utter goodness* which passes understanding and recounting\,* O You who lo ves mankind!”\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nYour lamb\, Marina\, O Jesus\, cr ies in a loud voice:* “You\, O my Bridegroom\, I love\; and\, seeking Yo u\, I undergo martyrdom.* And with You I am crucified and buried in Your b aptism\,* and I suffer for Your sake that I may reign with You.* And I die on Your behalf that I may live in You.* Receive me as a spotless sacrific e\,* sacrificed for You with love.”* Through her intercession in Your me rcy save our souls.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin\, all immaculate Mother of Christ God\,* a sword pierced your all-holy soul* when you saw your So n and God willingly crucified.* Therefore\, O blessed One\,* never cease t o pray to Him* that He may grant us forgiveness of our sins.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON FRIDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Your lamb\, Marina\, O Jesus\, cries in a loud voice:* “You\, O my Bride groom\, I love\; and\, seeking You\, I undergo martyrdom.* And with You I am crucified and buried in Your baptism\,* and I suffer for Your sake that I may reign with You.* And I die on Your behalf that I may live in You.* Receive me as a spotless sacrifice\,* sacrificed for You with love.”* Th rough her intercession in Your mercy save our souls.\n\nGlory be to the Fa ther and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Am en.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: We\, all the faithful\, have found your shrine to be a place of spiritual healing\,* and we cry aloud to you: “O glorio us virgin martyr\, Marina\,* pray unceasingly to Christ our God for all of us!”\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nGod is wonderful in His saints\,* the G od of Israel.\n\nverse: In the churches bless God\, the Lord from the foun tains of Israel. (Psalm 67:36\,27)\n\nEpistle\n\n1 Corinthians 11:8-22\n\n Alleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: With expectation I have waited for the Lord\, and He was attentive to me\, and He heard my prayer.\n\nverse: He brought me out of the pit of misery and the mud of the swamp. (Psalm 39:2\,3)\n\nG ospel\n\nMatthew 17:10-18\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in ev erlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia\ , alleluia\,* alleluia. 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