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SUMMARY:Friday\, June 5\, 2026 The Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus\, Bishop of T
 yre\; The Holy Hieromartyr Cosmas\, Presbyter of Armenia.
DESCRIPTION:Apostle’s Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain t
 hese ingredients.\n\nVESPERS ON THURSDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nTh
 e appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\n\nIf You mark i
 niquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You ma
 y be revered.\n\nО most glorious wonder!* The Life-bearing Tree\, the mos
 t holy Cross is revealed today\, lifted up on high.* All the ends of the e
 arth glorify it\, and the hordes of the demons are affrighted.* О what a 
 gift has been given to mortals!* Thereby\, О Christ\, save our souls\, in
  that You alone are compassionate.\n\nI have waited for You as You have co
 mmanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted i
 n the Lord.\n\nО most glorious wonder!* Like a vine full of life\, bearin
 g the Most High\,* the Cross is seen today uplifted from the earth.* There
 by have we all been drawn to God\,* and death has been utterly slaughtered
 .* О most honoured Tree\, whereby\, glorifying Christ\,* we have received
  the immortal sustenance which was in Eden!\n\nFrom the morning watch unti
 l night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nО the great goodness which You 
 have for us\, О good Jesus!* How did You abase Yourself\, become a man\,*
  and will to suffer\, enduring the Cross and violent death for Your useles
 s servants?* We offer the Cross to You as a worthy and divinely fitting gi
 ft\;* and giving thanks\, we\, the faithful\, glorify You.\n\nTone 8\n\nFo
 r with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemptio
 n\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nYou were revea
 led to be a tablet of the Spirit of God\, O divinely blessed father\,* bea
 ring the doctrines of God engraved upon your divine mind\;* and in disclos
 ing them you illumined those languishing in ignorance.* Therefore\, by you
 r supplications\, O father\,* ask great mercy for us all.\n\nPraise the Lo
 rd\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nHaving dye
 d your priestly raiment in the streams of your divine blood\, O Dorotheus\
 ,* you have now entered\, rejoicing\, into the temple of heaven\,* to appe
 ar before our God\, who bestows crowns upon those who have suffered.* Earn
 estly entreat Him that He send down great mercy upon all.\n\nStrong is the
  love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nAngelic wa
 s your life and splendid your martyrdom\,* for which you were deemed worth
 y to rejoice with the angels\, O father Dorotheus\,* illumining the land w
 ith divine miracles and teachings.* Therefore\, in your entreaties ask God
  to grant great mercy to all.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nBeholding You
  nailed to the Cross and voluntarily accepting suffering\, O Jesus\,* Your
  Virgin Mother\, O Master\, cried aloud: Woe is me\, my sweet Child!* How 
 is it that You endure unjustly inflicted wounds\,* O Physician who heals t
 he infirmities of mankind\,* delivering all from corruption in your tender
  compassion?\n\nProkeimenon\n\nTone 6\n\nMy help is from the Lord\,* Who m
 ade heaven and earth.\n\nverse: I lifted up my eyes to the mountains\, fro
 m where my help shall come.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 8\n\nО Christ God who wa
 s lifted up upon the Cross\,* You saved the race of mankind.* We glorify Y
 our sufferings!\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Be
 hold\, 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\, so are our eyes on the L
 ord our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nYou were nailed to the Cross\, О
  Christ God\,* and opened the gates of paradise.* We glorify Your divinity
 !\n\nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we have been fille
 d with shame\; our soul is all too full of the mockery of the rich\, of th
 e contempt of the proud.\n\nYou sanctify everyplace\, О martyrs of the Lo
 rd\, and heal every infirmity.* Pray now\, that our souls be delivered fro
 m the nets of the enemy\,* we beseech you.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe unble
 mished heifer\, beholding her Bullock willingly nailed upon the Tree\,* cr
 ied out aloud\, lamenting piteously:* Woe is me\, O my most beloved Child!
 * How has the ungrateful assembly of the Jews rewarded You\,* desiring to 
 leave me childless and bereft of You\,* O my most beloved Child?\n\nTropar
 ion\, Tone 4\n\nHaving shared the way of life of the apostles\,* and havin
 g become a successor to their thrones\,* labouring you found the divinely 
 inspired way to contemplation.* Therefore\, forthrightly ministering the w
 ord of truth\,* you shed your blood for the faith\, O hieromartyr\, Doroth
 eus.* Intercede with Christ our God for the salvation of our souls.\n\nGlo
 ry… Now…\n\nO pure One\, we have obtained your protection.* Through yo
 ur intercession\, we have been kept from harm* and surrounded at all times
  with the grace of your Son’s cross.* Therefore\, we exalt you with grea
 t devotion.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON FRIDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontaki
 a\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Having shared the way of life of the apostles\,* 
 and having become a successor to their thrones\,* labouring you found the 
 divinely inspired way to contemplation.* Therefore\, forthrightly minister
 ing the word of truth\,* you shed your blood for the faith\, O hieromartyr
 \, Dorotheus.* Intercede with Christ our God for the salvation of our soul
 s.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now a
 nd for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: Having piously lived am
 ong the hierarchs\,* and having trod the path of suffering\,* you extingui
 shed the sacrifices to idols* and were a defender for your flock\, O godly
  one.* Therefore\, venerating you\, we sincerely cry to you:* “Rescue us
  from dangers by your prayers\, O our father\, Dorotheus.\n\nProkeimenon\,
  Tone 7\n\nThe venerable ones will exult in glory* and they shall be joyfu
 l in their beds.\n\nverse: Sing to the Lord a new song\; let His praise be
  in the assembly of the venerable ones. (Psalm 149:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nRom
 ans 5:17-6:2\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: Your priests shall clothe them
 selves with justice\, and Your venerable ones shall rejoice.\n\nverse: For
  the Lord has chosen Sion\; He has chosen it for His dwelling. (Psalm 131:
 9\,13)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 9:14-17\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shal
 l be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear*.
  Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)
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