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SUMMARY:Saturday\, October 17\, 2026\; The Holy Prophet Hosea\; The Venerab
 le-Martyr Andrew of Crete
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON FRIDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appoint
 ed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\n\nIf You mark iniquities
 \, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be reve
 red.\n\nThe Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father\,* spoke through your
  tongue of the advent of Christ* which would come to pass in later times t
 o the restoration of creation:* And now\, beholding the fulfilment of what
  was prophesied\,* we honour your memory\, O prophet.\n\nI have waited for
  You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* f
 or it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nEspousing our nature\, which had wilfull
 y fallen away from You\, O You who loves mankind\,* You delivered it from 
 defilement\, joining it inseparably to Yourself* through union with You wh
 ich passes understanding.* And Your prophet\, being an image of this\,* ch
 astely took a former harlot as a wife.\n\nFrom the morning watch until nig
 ht* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nO divinely eloquent prophet\, seeing 
 your utterances now filled with grace\,* standing before the God of all* p
 ray for all who with faith celebrate your memory\,* asking for them forgiv
 eness of sins\,* peace\, and great mercy.\n\nTone 4\n\nFor with the Lord t
 here is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall
  redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nHaving cleaved to the Lord from
  childhood\, O blessed one\,* you ran the course until the end\;* for\, ar
 med with the Cross\, you set your hands* to the plough of the commandments
  of the Lord\, as it is written.* Entreat Him that those who with faith ce
 lebrate your most honoured memory* be delivered from corruption and misfor
 tunes.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all yo
 u people.\n\nThrough faith you became an all-precious stone without being 
 broken\;* for\, beaten and rolled upon the ground\, you made smooth the pa
 th of faith\, O glorious one\,* rendering it easy of ascent\;* and you ove
 rturned the opinions and the evil fame of Copronymus* like a corrupt found
 ation\, O father.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally wi
 ll His truth endure.\n\nRaised the dogmas of the apostles and the teaching
 s of the divine fathers\, O blessed one\,* you venerated the visible image
  of the incarnate God in sacred signs and honoured depictions.* Therefore\
 , having suffered for them\, O glorious one\,* you were shown to be a teac
 her of piety* and the adornment of martyrs.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now…\n\
 nO all-pure one\, who contained in your womb the uncontainable God* who be
 came man in His love for mankind\,* received from you our composition and 
 manifestly deified it:* disdain me not who am sorrowful\,* but quickly tak
 e pity and free me from the manifold enmity and malice* of the evil one.\n
 \nAposticha\n\nTone 3\n\nMade steadfast by faith\, strengthened by hope\,*
  and spiritually united by the love of Your Cross\, О Lord\,* Your martyr
 s put an end to the tyranny of the enemy and have received crowns\;* and w
 ith the incorporeal ones they pray on behalf of our souls.\n\nBlessed are 
 they whom You have chosen* and have taken to Yourself\, О Lord\,\n\nAll t
 hings human\, which endure not after death\, are vain.* Our wealth will no
 t remain\, our glory will not go with us upon the way:* for when death com
 es\, all these things will fade away.* Therefore let us cry to Christ the 
 immortal King:* Grant rest to our departed brethren* and grant them to dwe
 ll with the joyous.\n\nTheir souls shall dwell* amid good things.\n\nO rac
 e of mankind\, why do you trouble yourself in vain?* The path on which you
  run is short.* Our life is but smoke\, vapour\, ashes and dust\;* it appe
 ars but briefly\, and then vanishes.* Therefore let us cry to Christ the i
 mmortal King:* Grant rest to our departed brethren* and grant them to dwel
 l with the joyous.\n\nTone 3\, Glory… Now…\n\nO Theotokos\, holy among
  women\, O Mother unwedded:* entreat the King and God whom you bore\,* tha
 t He save us\, insofar as He is the Lover of mankind.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 
 2\n\nCelebrating the memory of your prophet Hosea\, O Lord\,* we beg You t
 o save our souls through his intercession.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nOn the 
 mountain you reached the summit by fasting.* You destroyed the protection 
 of foe by the arms of the cross.* You robed yourself bravely in martyrdom\
 ,* cutting Copronymus down with the sword of faith.* This is why God crown
 ed you\, O memorable Andrew\,* O venerable and truly blessed martyr.\n\nNo
 w…\n\nO Mother of God\, the mystery hidden from all eternity* and unknow
 n even to the angels\,* was revealed through you to those on earth:* God t
 ook on our human nature* and united it to His divine nature in a perfect b
 ut unconfused union.* Then\, He willingly accepted the cross for our sake*
  and thereby raised again the first created\,* and saved our souls from de
 ath.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SATURDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\n
 Troparion\, Tone 2: Celebrating the memory of your prophet Hosea\, O Lord\
 ,* we beg You to save our souls through his intercession.\n\nTroparion\, T
 one 4: On the mountain you reached the summit by fasting.* You destroyed t
 he protection of foe by the arms of the cross.* You robed yourself bravely
  in martyrdom\,* cutting Copronymus down with the sword of faith.* This is
  why God crowned you\, O memorable Andrew\,* O venerable and truly blessed
  martyr.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\
 n\nKontakion\, Tone 3: The capital city keeps your memory today\,* invitin
 g every city and region to join the feast.* It is proud to possess your ma
 rtyred body.* O Andrew\, you are a light of orthodox faith.\n\nNow and for
  ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: With sure step you followed t
 he commands of your Lord\,* and you were filled with the Holy Spirit\, O p
 rophet Hosea.* You received the gift of prophecy\,* and you spoke daringly
  to Israel who anxiously sought the coming of the Christ.* You converted t
 hose who strayed from the path of justice\,* and you set them on the road 
 to the heavenly Jerusalem.* Now you stand within that city and implore the
  Lord.* Pray unceasingly for all of us.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nYou are
  a priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.\n\nverse: The Lo
 rd said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies the 
 footstool of your feet.” (Psalm 109:4\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\n2 Corinthians 3:
 12-18\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 5\n\nverse: Moses and Aaron are among His priests
  and Samuel among those who call upon His name.\n\nverse: Light is risen f
 or the just and joy for the righteous of heart. (Psalm 96:11)\n\nGospel\n\
 nLuke 6:1-10\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in everlasting rem
 embrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,*
  alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)
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