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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261107
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URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/saturday-november-7-2026-the-thi
 rty-three-holy-martyrs-of-militene-our-venerable-father-and-wonderworker-l
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SUMMARY:Saturday\, November 7\, 2026\; The Thirty-Three Holy Martyrs of Mil
 itene\; Our Venerable Father and Wonderworker Lazarus\, Hermit of Mount Ga
 lesius
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON FRIDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appoint
 ed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “As one valia
 nt among the martyrs…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stan
 d?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nAs is meet\, O
  right glorious ones\,* you were truly shown to be a divinely assembled re
 giment\,* a sacred army\, a godly company\, a holy nation\,* a legion of m
 artyrs inspired by God\, a comely gathering\,* an unbreakable alliance\, i
 nhabitants of the city on high.* Therefore\, you are called blessed\, as i
 s fitting.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patien
 tly relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nAssemblin
 g together\, let us all honour Nicander and Hesychius\,* Athanasius and Ma
 mas\, the divine Barachius and Callinicus\,* Theogenes and Nicon\, Longinu
 s and Theodore\,* Valerius and Xanthius\, Theodulus\, Callimachus and Euge
 ne\,* the godly Theodochus and Ostrychius.\n\nFrom the morning watch until
  night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nTogether let us hymn with faith t
 he true witnesses:* the valiant Hieron\, the glorious Epiphanius\, Maximia
 n and Ducitius\,* Claudian and Theophilus\, and the godly Gigantius\,* Dor
 otheus and Theodotus\, Castrycius\, Anicetas and Themelius\,* as well as E
 utychius.\n\nTone 6\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him the
 re is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniq
 uities.\n\nHaving set aside all the folly of the passions* and made your f
 lesh subject to your spirit\,* you became become a rule of virtue\,* the c
 onfirmation of monastics\, a model for fasters\,* the adornment of the ven
 erable.* And now you behold the ineffable beauty of your Creator\,* ever n
 urtured by the Spirit on the beauties of heaven.* Therefore\, having assem
 bled\, we celebrate your honoured and most festive memory* in hymns\, with
  sweet songs.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\,
  all you people.\n\nYou cut off all the heavy burden of matter* and the gr
 eatly tumultuous turbulence of the flesh\,* and\, controlling your breathi
 ng\, O wise one\,* you remained unaffected by the passions\, strong as a p
 illar\,* through spiritual breastplates and valorous mind.* And now you ha
 ve truly received the divine vision and splendour* and have taken your pla
 ce before Him whom you desired\,* delighting in His never-ending radiance\
 , deified by your posture.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* ete
 rnally will His truth endure.\n\nLoving the light\, like Elijah and John t
 he luminary\,* you observed stillness in the mountains and arid deserts\,*
  ever learning divine ascent and excelling in the way of the virtues.* The
 refore\, you have attained your ultimate desire\, O all-wise one\,* and\, 
 rejoicing\, you stand before the thrice-radiant light of the Trinity\;* an
 d receiving divine splendour directly from there\,* you pray with boldness
  in behalf of our souls.\n\nTone 5\, Glory…\n\nO venerable father\, you 
 gave neither sleep to your eyes\, nor slumber to your eyelids\,* until you
  freed free your soul and body from the passions* and prepared yourself to
  be a dwelling-place of the Spirit\;* and Christ\, coming with the Father\
 , made His abode within you.* As you are a favourite of the consubstantial
  Trinity\,* O great preacher Lazarus our father\, pray in behalf of our so
 uls.\n\nTone 6\, Now…\n\nWho would not call you blessed\, O Virgin most 
 holy?* Who would not sing a hymn of praise* to the glory of your giving bi
 rth without pain or travail?* The Only-begotten Son Himself\,* begotten of
  the Father before all ages\,* was made flesh out of you in a manner* that
  cannot be explained\, O Woman most pure!* And for our sake\, He who is Go
 d by nature* assumed the nature of a man.* He is not divided into two pers
 ons\;* He is understood to have two natures* without commixion or confusio
 n.* O noble and blessed Woman\,* intercede with Him that He may have mercy
  on our souls.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 6\n\nThose who suffered martyrdom for 
 You\, O Christ\,* endured a multitude of torments\,* and they ever interce
 de on behalf of our souls.\n\nBlessed are they whom You have chosen* and t
 aken to Yourself\, О Lord.\n\nYou Cross\, O Lord\, was an invincible weap
 on of the martyrs.* They saw death before them:* but\, gazing upon the lif
 e that is to come\,* they became strengthened with hope in You.* By their 
 intercessions have mercy upon us.\n\nTheir souls* shall dwell amid good th
 ings.\n\nYour command was to me my beginning and foundation.* For You will
 ed to fashion me as a living creature* from natures visible and invisible:
 * You have made my body from the earth\,* and given me a soul by Your divi
 ne and quickening breath.* Therefore\, O Saviour\, grant rest to Your serv
 ants in the land of the living\,* in the tabernacles of the righteous.\n\n
 Tone 6\, Glory…\n\nO venerable father\, the sound of your corrections ha
 ve gone forth into all the earth\;* therefore\, you have found the reward 
 for your labours in the heavens\,* you have destroyed legions of demons\,*
  you have attained to the ranks of the angels and blamelessly emulated the
 ir life.* As you have boldness before Christ\, entreat peace for our souls
 .\n\nBy the prayers of her that gave birth to You\, O Christ\,* and of You
 r martyrs and apostles\, the prophets and holy hierarchs\,* the venerable\
 , the righteous and of all the saints\,* grant rest to Your departed serva
 nts.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nO Lord our God\, your holy martyrs* have des
 erved the crown of immortality* on account of their good fight.* Armed wit
 h your strength\, they have vanquished their persecutors* and crushed Sata
 n’s dreadful might.* Through their supplications\, O Christ our God\, sa
 ve our souls.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nYour falling tears and constant pray
 ers soaked the pillar\,* and the thoughts of your heart produced fruit a h
 undred-fold.* You were a shepherd\, and you obtain remission for all.* O f
 ather Lazarus\, beg Christ our God to save our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nO graci
 ous Lord\, for the sake of mankind You were born of a virgin\;* through Yo
 ur death on the cross You conquered Death\;* and through Your resurrection
  You revealed Yourself as God.* O merciful Lord\, do not disdain those who
 m You have created with Your own hands\,* but show forth Your love for man
 kind.* Accept the intercession which the Mother who bore You makes in our 
 behalf.* O Saviour\, save Your despairing people!\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON 
 SATURDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: O Lord ou
 r God\, your holy martyrs* have deserved the crown of immortality* on acco
 unt of their good fight.* Armed with your strength\, they have vanquished 
 their persecutors* and crushed Satan’s dreadful might.* Through their su
 pplications\, O Christ our God\, save our souls.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: Yo
 ur falling tears and constant prayers soaked the pillar\,* and the thought
 s of your heart produced fruit a hundred-fold.* You were a shepherd\, and 
 you obtain remission for all.* O father Lazarus\, beg Christ our God to sa
 ve our souls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spi
 rit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: The radiant choir of martyrs in festal robes* 
 adorns the Church today by their presence among us.* We celebrate their pr
 ecious memory* and beg favour from you\, O Saviour.* By their prayers keep
  us from all troubles* so that we can sing to you: Alleluia!\n\nNow and fo
 r ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: The Church of Christ praises
  you with a host of psalms\,* for you have become one of her lights.* Do n
 ot cease your prayers to Christ\,* that we may obtain the remission of our
  sins.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nPrecious in the sight of the Lord is the
  death of His venerable ones.\n\nverse: What shall I render to the Lord fo
 r all the things He has rendered to me? (Psalm 115:15\,12)\n\nEpistle\n\n2
  Corinthians 11:1-6\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 6\n\nverse: Blessed is the man who 
 fears the Lord\; he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments.\n\nvers
 e: His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth. (Psalm 111:1\,2)\n\nGospe
 l\n\nLuke 9:1-6\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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