BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:510@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260704 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260705 DTSTAMP:20260624T175719Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/saturday-july-4-2026-our-holy-fa ther-andrew-the-jerusalemite-archbishop-of-crete-venerable-martha-mother-o f-the-holy-simeon-of-the-mountain-of-wonders/ SUMMARY:Saturday\, July 4\, 2026\; Our Holy Father Andrew the Jerusalemite\ , Archbishop of Crete\; Venerable Martha\, Mother of the Holy Simeon of th e Mountain of Wonders. DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON FRIDAY EVENING\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\, Podobe n “Joy of the ranks of heaven ...”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nHa ting the earthly authority of the body\, with pure temperament and a simpl e heart* you cleaved to the Lord\, O wise father\,* and were shown to be a divinely inspired instrument of the Comforter\,* playing the psalmody of salvation for us.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nFi nding the Mother of the Lord to be the subject of great laudation\, O Andr ew\,* you also hymned with mellifluous discourses* the sacred apostles and the company of the blessed martyrs.* With them be mindful of us who honou r you.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord .\n\nWe know you to be a pillar of orthodoxy\, a model of chastity\,* an e xample of meekness\, and a godly hymnographer* illumining the Church of Ch rist\, O father Andrew\, initiate of sacred mysteries.* Therefore\, we cel ebrate your festival.\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “As one valiant among the mart yrs ...”\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is ple ntiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n \nThrough fasting and tears you set yourself apart* for painful ascetic en deavour and courageous battle* against the hordes of the enemy who have cr ippled human nature\,* sparing not your flesh for the sake of God's love.* Therefore\, you undertook godly struggles\, casting down the mind of the adversary\,* O honoured and all-glorious Martha.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nThrough fasting and tears you set yourself apart* for painful ascetic endeavour and courageou s battle* against the hordes of the enemy who have crippled human nature\, * sparing not your flesh for the sake of God's love.* Therefore\, you unde rtook godly struggles\, casting down the mind of the adversary\,* O honour ed and all-glorious Martha.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* et ernally will His truth endure.\n\nYou spurned transitory things\, and avoi ded the love of what is corruptible\,* and desired the heavenly portion wh ich is everlasting\,* meet for the righteous and incorrupt\, and never-end ing life\, O pure one.* Therefore\, celebrating your radiant and splendid memory with faith\, O glorious Martha\,* we honour you with divine hymns.\ n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nRelieving ailments with the grace of the Spirit\, you drive away evil spirits\,* heal sufferings and enlighten the faithful with the radiance of your miracles\, O most glorious Martha.* Therefore\, we hymn your splendid\, radiant\, and right wondrous memory today* with un ceasing hymnody.\n\nNow…\n\nWhen she beheld You\, the Lamb and Shepherd\ , upon the Cross\,* the ewe-lamb who gave You birth lamented and exclaimed to You maternally:* “O my Son most desired\, how is it that You are sus pended upon the tree of the Cross\, O Long-suffering One?* How is it\, O W ord\, that Your hands and feet have been pierced with nails by the iniquit ous\,* and You have shed Your blood\, O Master?”\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 4\ n\nYou are glorified in the commemorations of Your saints\, O Christ our G od:* by their intercessions send down upon us Your great mercy.\n\nWondrou s is God in His saints\,* the God of Israel.\n\nYou have accepted the pati ent endurance of the holy martyrs:* in Your love for mankind accept our hy mns of praise\,* and by their intercessions send down upon us Your great m ercy.\n\nBlessed are they whom You have chosen* and taken to Yourself\, О Lord.\n\nWith the spirits of the faithful departed* grant rest\, O Saviou r\, to the souls of Your servants\,* and preserve them for a life of bless edness* with You\, O Lover of mankind.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nWe honour y ou\, O Andrew our father\, as the instructor of a multitude of monks\;* fo r through you have we truly come to know how to walk your path aright.* Bl essed are you who\, labouring for Christ\,* denounced the power of the ene my\, O converser with the angels\,* companion of the venerable and the rig hteous.* Pray with them to the Lord\, that our souls find mercy.\n\nNow… Podoben “O all-glorious wonder ...”\n\nThe unblemished heifer\, behol ding her bullock nailed to the Tree of His own will\,* cried out\, lamenti ng piteously:* Woe is me\, O most beloved Child!* How have the ungrateful assembly of the Jews rewarded You\,* desiring to leave me bereft of You\, my Child\, O most Beloved!”\n\nTroparion\n\nTone 4\n\nThe truth of your deeds made you for your flock a rule of faith* and an image of meekness\,* a teacher of continence.* And so you gained the heights through humility\ ,* riches through poverty\,* father and bishop\, Andrew.* Intercede with C hrist\, our God\,* for the salvation of our souls.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\ nThe 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 se e beyond flesh which passes* and care for the soul\, a thing immortal.* An d so\, O venerable woman\, Martha\,* your spirit rejoices with the angels. \n\nNow…\n\nO gracious Lord\, for the sake of mankind You were born of a virgin\;* through Your death on the cross You conquered Death\;* and thro ugh Your resurrection You revealed Yourself as God.* O merciful Lord\, do not disdain those whom You have created with Your own hands\,* but show fo rth Your love for mankind.* Accept the intercession which the Mother who b ore You makes in our behalf.* O Saviour\, save Your despairing people!\n\n AT DIVINE LITURGY ON SATURDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTropario n\, Tone 4: The truth of your deeds made you for your flock a rule of fait h* and an image of meekness\,* a teacher of continence.* And so you gained the heights through humility\,* riches through poverty\,* father and bish op\, Andrew.* Intercede with Christ\, our God\,* for the salvation of our souls.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: The divine image was faithfully preserved in you\, O mother\,* for taking up the Cross you followed Christ.* By your d eeds you have taught us to see beyond flesh which passes* and care for the soul\, a thing immortal.* And so\, O venerable woman\, Martha\,* your spi rit rejoices with the angels.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: O thunder of justice\, spiritu al trumpet\,* planter of faith and destroyer of heresies\,* servant of the Trinity\, great hierarch Andrew\,* forever standing in the company of the angels\,* pray without ceasing for all of us.\n\nNow and for ever and eve r. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: Standing before the Lord and the all-pure Virgin Theotokos in prayer\,* and offering up hymnody and praises\, O hono ured Martha\,* you gave birth to a sacred child\, the all-wondrous Symeon\ , the beacon of the whole world.* With him ever pray for us all.\n\nProkei menon\, Tone 1\n\nMy mouth shall speak wisdom and the meditation of my hea rt understanding.\n\nverse: Hear these things\, all you nations\; give ear all you inhabitants of the world. (Psalm 28:4\,2)\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 9: 1-5\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: The mouth of the just man shall meditat e wisdom and his tongue shall speak judgment.\n\nverse: The law of his God is in his heart\, and his steps will not falter. (Psalm 36:30\,31)\n\nGos pel\n\nMatthew 9:18-26\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in everl asting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia\, a lleluia\,* alleluia. 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