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SUMMARY:Friday\, September 25\, 2026\; Our Venerable Mother Euphrosyne.
DESCRIPTION:Abstention from meat and foods that contain these ingredients\n
 \nVESPERS ON THURSDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms 
 are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, 
 who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nО
  most glorious wonder!* The Life-bearing Tree\, the most holy Cross is rev
 ealed today\, lifted up on high.* All the ends of the earth glorify it\, a
 nd 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 commanded\; my soul p
 atiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nО m
 ost glorious wonder!* Like a vine full of life\, bearing the Most High\,* 
 the Cross is seen today uplifted from the earth.* Thereby 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 suste
 nance which was in Eden!\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel
  trust in the Lord.\n\nО the great goodness which You have for us\, О go
 od Jesus!* How did You abase Yourself\, become a man\,* and will to suffer
 \, enduring the Cross and violent death for Your useless servants?* We off
 er the Cross to You as a worthy and divinely fitting gift\;* and giving th
 anks\, we\, the faithful\, glorify You.\n\nTone 5\, Podoben “O venerable
  father…”\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is 
 plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities
 .\n\nO right wondrous and venerable mother Euphrosyne\,* desiring gladness
 \, you tread the path which brings it\;* for you traded riches for great p
 overty\,* a betrothed in the flesh for One who lives eternally\,* corrupti
 ble food for abstinence\,* rest for the pangs of ascetic endeavour\,* that
  which is in the world for the life of heaven\,* which you have received w
 ith the wise virgins\, keeping your lamp continually alight\,* and vouchsa
 fed the bridal-chamber as a virgin\,* in that you are the bride of Christ\
 , O most lauded one.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His 
 glory\, all you people.\n\nQuenching the thirst of your mind with the stre
 ams of your tears\,* you produced the fruits of virtue through fasting\,* 
 and as a most comely vine you have given rise to beautiful grapes\, O hono
 ured one.* Manifestly delighting our spiritual senses with the divine juic
 e thereof\,* we take true delight in your likeness and rejoice with divine
  gladness\,* putting aside the drunkenness of sin\, and crying out to you\
 , O most honoured one:* Ever entreat Christ\, that He grant unity of mind\
 , peace\, and great mercy to the whole world.\n\nStrong is the love of the
  Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nO strange vision diffi
 cult for nature to accept!* How did you hide from the ancient seducer of E
 ve and his cruel machinations\,* dwelling in the midst of men with perfect
  mind?* How did you pass through the fire without being consumed?* How did
  you conceal your womanly weakness\,* strengthened by the divine power of 
 Him who took our weakness upon Himself* and shone forth from the Maiden wh
 o knew not wedlock?* Beseech Him\, joining chorus with the angels\,* that 
 He grant unity of mind\, peace\, and great mercy to the whole world.\n\nTo
 ne 2\, Glory… \n\nAs the bride of Christ\, you preserved the pure treasu
 re of your purity* unsullied by men\, O most blessed Euphrosyne\;* for hav
 ing caused the beauty of your body to wither away through feats of fasting
 \,* You adorned your soul with the goodly countenance of grace\;* for\, ha
 ving manifestly concealed your womanhood under the guise of a man\,* you h
 id from the pursuit of Belial\, living an angelic life.* Ask peace for tho
 se who praise you with love\,* in that you are the namesake of gladness\, 
 O divinely blessed one.\n\nNow…\n\nWhen you beheld hanging upon the Tree
  the most ripe Cluster\,* whom you bore as a babe in your womb without bei
 ng cultivated\,* you exclaimed\, lamenting and crying aloud* O my Child an
 d Benefactor\, through Your divine consolations* pour forth the sweetness 
 whereby all the drunkenness of the passions is made sober\,* for the sake 
 of me who gave You birth\,* in that You are compassionate.\n\nAposticha\n\
 nTone 8\n\nО Christ God who was lifted up upon the Cross\,* You saved the
  race of mankind.* We glorify Your sufferings!\n\nI have lifted up my eyes
  to You enthroned in heaven. Behold\, as the eyes of servants are on the h
 ands of their masters\, as the eyes of a maid are on the hands of her mist
 ress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nYo
 u were nailed to the Cross\, О Christ God\,* and opened the gates of para
 dise.* We glorify Your divinity!\n\nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, have mercy
  on us\; for we have been filled with shame\; our soul is all too full of 
 the mockery of the rich\, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nYou sanctify ev
 eryplace\, О martyrs of the Lord\, and heal every infirmity.* Pray now\, 
 that our souls be delivered from the nets of the enemy\,* we beseech you.\
 n\nTone 5\, Glory…\n\nCome\, all you who love virginity and are zealots 
 of purity!* Come\, phalanx of monks and choir of venerable women\,* and to
 gether let us all chant to the all-blessed Euphrosyne with faith:* Rejoice
 \, you who in a woman’s body contended manfully!* Rejoice\, you who put 
 the enemy to shame by chastity and loved Christ!* Rejoice\, precious stone
 \, namesake of gladness!* O venerable mother\, never cease to pray for tho
 se who honour your memory.\n\nNow…\n\nWhen of old she beheld her Lamb li
 fted up upon the Cross\,* the unblemished ewe-lamb\, the immaculate Mistre
 ss\,* exclaimed maternally and\, marvelling\, cried out:* What is this new
  sight most strange\, O my sweet Child?* How is it that the people\, beref
 t of grace\, are betraying You to the tribunal of Pilate* and condemning Y
 ou\, the Life of all\, to death?* Yet I sing of Your ineffable Condescensi
 on\, O Word!\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 8\n\nThe divine image was faithfully pres
 erved in you\, O mother\,* for taking up the Cross you followed Christ.* B
 y your deeds you have taught us to see beyond flesh which passes* and care
  for the soul\, a thing immortal.* And so\, O venerable woman\, Euphrosyne
 \,* your spirit rejoices with the angels.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWhen the M
 other beheld upon the cross* the Lamb\, the Shepherd\, and the Saviour of 
 the world\,* she exclaimed tearfully:* The world rejoices at the sight of 
 its redemption\,* but my heart is afire as I see Your pain on the cross\,*
  which You accept for the sake of all\, O my Son and my God!\n\nAT DIVINE 
 LITURGY ON FRIDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: 
 The divine image was faithfully preserved in you\, O mother\,* for taking 
 up the Cross you followed Christ.* By your deeds you have taught us to see
  beyond flesh which passes* and care for the soul\, a thing immortal.* And
  so\, O venerable woman\, Euphrosyne\,* your spirit rejoices with the ange
 ls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now 
 and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: For love of the Lord\,
  O venerable woman\,* you scorned the desire for rest and enlightened your
  soul through fasting\,* for you have mightily conquered the beasts.* Thro
 ugh your prayers thwart the rage of fiends.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nGod
  is wonderful in His saints\,* the God of Israel.\n\nverse: In the churche
 s bless God\, the Lord from the fountains of Israel. (Psalm 67:36\,27)\n\n
 Epistle\n\nEphesians 6:18-24\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: With expectati
 on 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\nGospel\n\nLuke 4:22-30\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\
 nThe just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he sh
 all have no fear*. Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)
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