BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:555@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260817 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260818 DTSTAMP:20260805T151452Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/monday-august-17-2026-the-holy-m artyr-myron/ SUMMARY:Monday\, August 17\, 2026 The Holy Martyr Myron. DESCRIPTION:Post-feast of the Dormition\n\nAT VESPERS ON SUNDAY EVENING\n\n Kathisma Reading\n\nThere are no psalms appointed this evening.\n\nAt Psal m 140\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “Called from on high…”\n\nIf You mark iniq uities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may b e revered.\n\nHaving conceived Life\, O Theotokos\,* you die in accordance with the law of nature* and pass over from earth to the heavens* at the b ehest of Him who was incarnate* of your all pure and divine blood.* Wheref ore\, the apostles of godly eloquence all came from the ends of the earth* and stood before you to bury you\, exclaiming to you in hymnody:* Rejoice \, O animate throne of the King of all* and precious ark of His holy place !* Rejoice\, O you who alone gave birth to the Saviour of our souls!\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Yo ur promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nWhen the apostles of the Saviour\, the habitations of the most pure Light\,* the beacons dispelling the night of polytheism\,* learned through the Spirit that you\, O blesse d one\,* the divine cloud from whence the unwaning Light shone forth\,* we re translated from among the things of this earth to transcendent joy\,* t hey arrived on clouds\, conducting you to the life-bearing tomb* with song s of parting\, O Theotokos\, our hope.\n\nFrom the morning watch until nig ht* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nLet creation hold festival in supplic ation!* The Queen of all has passed over to the noetic kingdom* to reign w ith Him who reigns over all creation.* The kingdom of Hades been destroyed because of her\,* and we have been borne up from the earth* and counted w orthy to dwell with the angels.* All noetic nature has come together for h er dormition:* patriarchs and prophets\, the apostles\, and martyrs.\n\nTo ne 2\, Podoben “When from the Tree…”\n\nFor with the Lord there is m ercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem I srael from all its iniquities.\n\nWhen the immolation wrought by the godle ss* was consuming every land\, O blessed one\,* then you were set afire by the fervour of the Spirit\,* and preached the Word who\, in His goodness\ ,* wrapped Himself in flesh taken from the divine Virgin Maiden.* Wherefor e\, strengthened by the power of grace\,* you endured fire\, torments\, an d cruel persecutions.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nWhen the ignominious foe strove with flattery to sway you from your intention\,* then\, adorned with courage\, you oppos ed him steadfastly\,* and endured the pangs which brought you to a rest wi thout pain\,* to the kingdom of heaven and everlasting delight\,* O right laudable martyr Myron.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternal ly will His truth endure.\n\nWhen the enemy flogged you with thongs of hid e\,* laying waste your sacred flesh with continuous lashings\, O martyr\,* you directed your gaze to Christ\, the Judge of the contest\,* who stretc hed forth to you His hand of divine power.* Wherefore\, having finished th e race\, you received great honours\,* O all-valiant athlete Myron.\n\nTon e 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nAs she was more exalted than the heavens\,* more glorious than the cherubim and higher in honour than all creation\,* and i n her exceeding purity became the dwelling-place of the ever-existent Esse nce\,* she surrenders her most holy soul into the hands of her Son today.* By her are all things filled with joy\;* and He grants us great mercy.\n\ nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nAccompanying with hymns your precious body which w as acceptable to God\,* the divine apostles cried aloud:* to where do you now go\, O Mistress?\n\nArise\, O Lord\, into Your rest\,* You and the ark of Your holiness.\n\nCome\, O you who are born of earth\,* let us form a chorus\, chanting hymns of parting* at the repose of the Theotokos today.\ n\nThe Lord has sworn in truth to David\,* and He will not annul it.\n\nTh e earth was blessed by your burial\, O Virgin\;* and the air was sanctifie d by thy strange ascent\,* when you died according to the law of nature.\n \nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nThe all-immaculate Bride and Mother of Him i n whom the Father was well-pleased\,* who was foreordained by God to be th e habitation of His unconfused Union\,* commits her all-pure soul to God t he Creator.* The hosts of the incorporeal ones bear her aloft\, and she pa sses over to life\,* in that she is the Mother of the Life\,* the light of the Light unapproachable\,* the salvation of the faithful and the hope of our souls.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nYour martyr\, Myron\, O Lord\,* by hi s passion acquired the crown of incorruptibility from You\, our God.* For possessing Your power he overcame the torturers* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By his supplications\, save our souls.\n\nTone 1\, G lory... Now...\n\nIn giving birth you retained your virginity\,* in fallin g asleep you did not abandon the world\, O Mother of God.* You passed into life\, for you are the Mother of Life\,* and by your prayers* you deliver our souls from death.\n\n \;\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON MONDAY MORNING\n \nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: In giving birth you retaine d your virginity\,* in falling asleep you did not abandon the world\, O Mo ther of God.* You passed into life\, for you are the Mother of Life\,* and by your prayers* you deliver our souls from death.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Your martyr\, Myron\, O Lord\,* by his passion acquired the crown of inco rruptibility from You\, our God.* For possessing Your power he overcame th e torturers* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By his supplic ations\, save our souls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to t he Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: As a bright and unerring star you a ppeared to the world* proclaiming with your rays the Sun\, that is\, Chris t\, O martyr\, Myron\,* and you have extinguished all error.* But to us yo u give light\, praying without ceasing for all of us.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: The tomb and death could not hold t he Mother of God\,* unceasing in her intercession and unfailing hope of pa tronage\,* for\, as the Mother of Life\, she was transferred to life* by H im Who had dwelt in her ever-virgin womb.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nMy so ul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.\n\nv erse: Because he has regarded the humility of His handmaid\; for behold\, all generations shall call me blessed. (Luke 1:46-48)\n\nEpistle\n\n2 Cori nthians 8:7-15\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: Rise up\, O Lord\, to the pl ace of Your rest\, You and the ark of Your holiness.\n\nverse: The Lord sw ore an oath to David\, and will not go back on His word. (Psalm 131:8\,11) \n\nGospel\n\nMark 3:6-12\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nSeeing the pure one ’s falling asleep\, angels marvelled in wonder how the Virgin could asce nd from earth to heaven.\n\nAnd the Irmos: O pure Virgin\, in you are conq uered the bounds of nature\,* for childbirth remains virginal and death is betrothed to life.* Virgin after childbearing and alive after death\, O M other of God\,* never cease to save your inheritance.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\ nI will take the chalice of salvation\;* and I will call upon the name of the Lord.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 115:13) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Winnipeg X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR