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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261109
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 martyrs-onisiphorus-and-porphyry-our-venerable-mother-matrona-the-venerabl
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SUMMARY:Monday\, November 9\, 2026\; The Holy Martyrs Onisiphorus and Porph
 yry\; Our Venerable Mother Matrona\; The Venerable Theoctista of Lesbos
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON SUNDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nNo psalms a
 re appointed to be chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\, Podoben “O most 
 glorious wonder…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* B
 ut with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nO martyred athlete\
 , blessed Onesiphorus\,* you confessed Christ God\, suffering greatly befo
 re the tribunal of the iniquitous\,* enduring the wounds of blows and the 
 immolation of your whole body.* You have been crowned with the wreath of v
 ictory* by the hand of the Creator of life\, O all-praised one.\n\nI have 
 waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your pr
 omise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nO martyred athlete Porphyrius\
 ,* by the grace and power of the Spirit\,* you dyed a purple robe for your
 self in baths of your blood\,* and\, arrayed as such\, you were shown to b
 e most splendid\,* reigning with our one God\, who reigns forever\, O glor
 ious one.* Beseech Him now that we all be saved.\n\nFrom the morning watch
  until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nO right victorious martyrs\
 ,* for the Life of all you were slain in sacred manner\,* and\, rejoicing\
 , you were stretched out on a searing gridiron\,* made fast to horses and 
 dragged about\, and you thus received a blessed end.* You are glorified an
 d blessed\, O ever-blessed ones\, who ever pray for us.\n\nTone 4\, Podobe
 n “As valiant among the martyrs…”\n\nFor with the Lord there is merc
 y\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Isra
 el from all its iniquities.\n\nYou honourably subjected your soul* to the 
 uprisings of the flesh through ascetic feats of fasting\, and you followed
  Christ\, and dwelled most devoutly in the midst of the fasters\, O Matron
 a\,* quenching the burnings of pleasure with divine showers of tears\,* en
 kindling a most intense desire for the Creator.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all t
 he nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nYou erected a sacred
  habitation in many for the use of God\,* being yourself a temple of the S
 pirit\, O all-wise one\,* and by your spiritual purity you have guided sou
 ls to the beneficial struggles of fasting\,* and you have brought them\, s
 aved\, to the Master as a dowry\, O Matrona.* With them we faithfully hono
 ur you.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His tru
 th endure.\n\nThe maidens loved the Bridegroom and Lord\, submitting to Hi
 s teaching\;* and having disdained in the Spirit the weakness of the flesh
 \,* with diligence they piously restrained the passions\,* and with you\, 
 O Matrona\, have been led into the heavenly bridal chamber of God\,* ever 
 rejoicing.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now…\n\nO all-pure one\, who received th
 e infinite God in your womb\,* who\, in His love for mankind\, became man*
  and received from you our nature\, manifestly deifying it:* Disdain me no
 t\, who am now sorrowful\,* but take pity quickly\, and free me from the d
 iverse hostilities and assaults of the evil one.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 7\n\
 nAs did the Prodigal Son\, I also come to You\, O compassionate one\,* and
  I fall down before You.* Accept me as one of Your hired servants O God\,*
  and have mercy on me\, O Lover of mankind.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to
  You enthroned in heaven. Behold\, as the eyes of servants are on the hand
 s of their masters\, as the eyes of a maid are on the hands of her mistres
 s\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nLike 
 the man who fell among thieves and was wounded\,* I also have fallen as a 
 result of the multitude of sins\,* and my soul has been grievously wounded
 .* To whom shall I\, guilty as I am\, flee for refuge\,* if not to You\, t
 he merciful Physician of souls?* Pour upon me\, O God\, Your great mercy.\
 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\nGlory to You\, О Christ God\,* boast of the apo
 stles and joy of the martyrs\,* who preached the consubstantial Trinity!\n
 \nTone 7\, Glory… Now…\n\nWith the angel we cry out to you: Rejoice! O
  Bride of God\,* calling you the bridal-chamber and portal\,* the fiery th
 rone and unquarried mountain\,* and bush unconsumed.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4
 \n\nO Lord\, Your martyrs in their sufferings* have received imperishable 
 crowns from You\, our God\;* for\, possessed of Your might\, they set at n
 aught the tormentors* and destroyed the feeble audacity of the demons\,* b
 y their prayers save our souls.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nIn you\, O venerab
 le mother Matrona\, the faithful image of God shone forth\,* for you carri
 ed your cross and followed Christ.* You taught by your deeds how to spurn 
 the body\, for it passes away\;* and how to value the soul\, for it is imm
 ortal.* Therefore\, your soul is forever in happiness with the angels.\n\n
 Now…\n\nRejoice\, O woman who at the angel’s greeting contained the Jo
 y of the world!* Rejoice\, for you gave birth to your Creator and Lord!* R
 ejoice\, for you were made worthy to become the Mother of God.\n\nAT DIVIN
 E LITURGY ON MONDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4
 : O Lord\, Your martyrs in their sufferings* have received imperishable cr
 owns from You\, our God\;* for\, possessed of Your might\, they set at nau
 ght the tormentors* and destroyed the feeble audacity of the demons\,* by 
 their prayers save our souls.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: In you\, O venerable 
 mother Matrona\, the faithful image of God shone forth\,* for you carried 
 your cross and followed Christ.* You taught by your deeds how to spurn the
  body\, for it passes away\;* and how to value the soul\, for it is immort
 al.** Therefore\, your soul is forever in happiness with the angels.\n\nGl
 ory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\,
  Tone 8: You passed through the storm of life without faltering\, chosen a
 nd godly mother\,* guided to the harbour of life\, where you sing hymns to
  the Deliverer!* You ever pray for us\,* that Christ may grant us grace an
 d mercy:** you preserve the flock which you painstakingly gathered!\n\nNow
  and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: Appearing as radiant 
 lights\, O godly martyrs\,* you illumine all creation with the brilliance 
 of your miracles\,* healing infirmities\, always dispelling deep darkness*
  and praying unceasingly to Christ our God for all of us.\n\nProkeimenon\,
  Tone 4\n\nTo the saints who are in His land\, the Lord has made wonderful
  all His desires in them.\n\nverse: I foresaw the Lord in my sight\, for H
 e is at my right hand that I may not be shaken. (Psalm 15:3\,8)\n\nEpistle
 \n\n2 Thessalonians 1:1-10\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: The just cried o
 ut and the Lord heard them\, and delivered them out of their afflictions.\
 n\nverse: The afflictions of the just are many\, and out of them all will 
 the Lord deliver them. (Psalm 33:18\,20)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 12:13-15\, 22-3
 1\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;*
  of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 
 (Psalm 111:6)
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