BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.6//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:612@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261012 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261013 DTSTAMP:20261005T132433Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/monday-october-12-2026-the-holy- martyrs-probus-tarachus-and-andronicus-our-venerable-father-cosmas-of-jeru salem-bishop-of-maium-and-composer-of-canon-our-holy-father-martin-the-com passionate/ SUMMARY:Monday\, October 12\, 2026\; The Holy Martyrs Probus\, Tarachus\, a nd Andronicus\; Our Venerable Father Cosmas of Jerusalem\, Bishop of Maium and Composer of Canon. Our Holy Father Martin the Compassionate\, Bishop of Tours DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON SUNDAY EVENING\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nIf Yo u mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is tha t You may be revered.\n\nYour face shattered\, your neck wounded\, healthy bones broken by staves\,* your feet and head burned\, cruelly pricked wit h goads\,* your ears and lips cut away\, forced to drink vinegar\,* cast t o the wild beasts and beheaded with the sword\,* you rejoiced\, O martyr T arachus.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patientl y relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nBeaten and pricked with goads\,* your sinews severed\, deprived of your sight\, given to be food for the wild beasts\,* exposed to the fire and beheaded by the sword\, you endured\, O blessed one\,* adornment of the martyrs and confi rmation of the Church\,* O glorious athlete Probus\, peer of the angels.\n \nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nBur ned with fire\, beaten with leather scourges\,* raked with claws\, your si news severed\,* your theologizing tongue cut out\, your teeth savagely upr ooted\, O Andronicus\,* having wrestled with wild beasts and met your end under the sword\,* you finished your contest and receive your crown.\n\nTo ne 4\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\nAs o ne who sustains us with wisdom\, and nurtures us with purity\,* O treasury of understanding\, O most renowned theologian\, O divine disciple\,* an e nlightener of the faithful\, we praise you\, O blessed hierarch Cosmas\,* entreating the Master through you\, that we all be delivered* from corrupt ion\, misfortunes\, and all harm.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nYou lived your life in abstinence\ , keeping vigils and fasting\,* in chastity and humility\, O glorious one\ ,* and were in all ways enriched by the knowledge of transitory things bel ow* and by heavenly splendours\, O blessed one\;* and you have manifestly thundered forth the incomprehensible\, awesome\, and great mystery* of the King of all.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will H is truth endure.\n\nYou were humble-minded and meek\, calm and goodly of s peech\,* kind and guileless\, chaste and righteous\, most simple and whole some\, O venerable Cosmas.* And as a hierarch revealed by God in sanctity\ ,* you shepherded your flock\, O divinely wise one\,* on the verdure which grows by the waters of salvation.* Wherefore\, we now call you blessed.\n \nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nEnlisting in Christ’s army\, you forsook all the beautiful things of earth* and\, taking your cross upon your shoulders\, f ollowed Him through most elaborate tortures* and did not deny Him before t he rulers and many tormenters.* The angels crowned your heads with wreaths of victory\, O you who are valiant of soul\,* and you have entered into t he great bridal-chamber with splendour.* O Probus\, glory of the martyrs\, Tarachus\, destroyer of the demons\, and Andronicus\, victory of the fait hful:* as you have boldness before the Saviour of all\, pray for our souls .\n\nNow…\n\nO Theotokos\, Queen of all\, * praise of the orthodox: * ca st down the proud arrogance of the heretics\, * and put to shame the faces of those who neither bow down before nor honour your precious image\, * O most pure one.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 3\n\nOur evening hymn do we bring to You\, O Christ\,* with incense and spiritual songs\,* have mercy on us and save our souls.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. B ehold\, 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 Lord our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nSave me\, O Lord my God\, for Yo u are the salvation of all:* The storm of the passions disquiets me\,* and the yoke of my transgressions weighs heavily upon me.* Stretch out Your h elping hand and lead me up to the light of compunction\,* for You alone ar e compassionate and the Lover of mankind.\n\nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, h ave 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\nGreat is the power of Your Cross\, О Lord!* For it was planted in one place\, y et works throughout the whole world\;* making apostles of fishermen and ma rtyrs of the heathen\,* that they might pray for our souls.\n\nTone 1\, Gl ory…\n\nProbus\, Tarachus\, and the wise Andronicus\, the threefold comp any\,* equal in number to the Trinity\, appearing like radiant stars from the East\,* summon creation to a sacred festival\;* for they gave their fl esh to the wild beasts* and\, having stained the ground with their blood\, * join chorus with the angels in the heavens\, bearing crowns\,* and entre ating God who loves mankind\, in our behalf\,* that He grant us remission of transgressions and great mercy.\n\nNow…\n\nJoy of the ranks of heaven \, * and mighty intercession for mankind on earth\, * O most-pure Virgin: * save us who have recourse to you\, * for in you\, after God\, have we pl aced our hope\, * O Theotokos.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 5\n\nThe hosts of heave n marvelled at the corrections of the holy martyrs\,* how in their mortal bodies they invisibly vanquished the incorporeal foe\,* contending well wi th the power of the Cross*. And they pray to Christ\, that our souls find mercy.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nInstructor in orthodoxy\, teacher of piety and purity\, beacon to the whole world\,* divinely inspired adornment of h ierarchs\, O Cosmas most wise\,* You have enlightened all by your teaching s.* Entreat Christ God that our souls be saved\, O harp of the Spirit.\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 5 : The hosts of heaven marvelled at the corrections of the holy martyrs\,* how in their mortal bodies they invisibly vanquished the incorporeal foe\, * contending well with the power of the Cross*. And they pray to Christ\, that our souls find mercy.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: Instructor in orthodoxy\ , teacher of piety and purity\, beacon to the whole world\,* divinely insp ired adornment of hierarchs\, O Cosmas most wise\,* You have enlightened a ll by your teachings.* Entreat Christ God that our souls be saved\, O harp of the Spirit.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy S pirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: You were adorned with virtue\, O blessed Cos mas\,* and you adorned the Church with wonderful music.* Pray for our deli verance from the warlike enemy\;* for we appeal to you\, O truly blessed f ather.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: The sold iers of Christ\, the holy martyrs Probus\, Tarachus\, and Andronicus\,* ha ve shown us the glory of the Holy Trinity* by refuting the error of their persecutors* and fighting courageously for the faith.\n\nProkeimenon\, Ton e 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 He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken. (Psalm 15:3\,8)\n\nEpistle\n\n Philippians 4:10-23\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: The just cried out and the Lord heard them\, and delivered them out of their afflictions.\n\nvers e: The afflictions of the just are many\, and out of them all will the Lor d deliver them. (Psalm 33:18\,20)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 7:36-50\n\nCommunion H ymn\n\nRejoice in the Lord\, O you just\;* praise befits the righteous.* A lleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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