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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260716
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SUMMARY:Thursday\, July 16\, 2026\; The Holy Hieromartyr Athenogenes and hi
 s ten disciples
DESCRIPTION:VESPERS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appoint
 ed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 6\, Podoben “On the third
  day…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You
  forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nYou became ministers of the gr
 eat mysteries of God\,* О theologians and disciples who beheld God\,* and
  have received the grace of healings\;* curing the diseases of all.\n\nI h
 ave waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on You
 r promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nYou are the great refuge a
 nd protection of our souls* and the expulsion of evil spirits\, О apostle
 s of the Lord who beheld God\;* wherefore\, we ever honour you.\n\nFrom th
 e morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nFrom every e
 vil circumstance\, from harm wrought by the demons\,* from transgressions 
 and wretched captivity\,* deliver those who honour you with faith\,* О di
 vine and blessed apostles.\n\nTone 8\, Podoben “O all-glorious wonder…
 ”\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\nThe g
 lorious Athenogenes\, vested in the splendid raiment of the priesthood\,* 
 showed it to be yet more pure when dyed in his blood.* Entering into the h
 oly temple therewith\,* appearing before Him Who sees all things* and mini
 stering to Him with the immaterial ranks\,* he is illumined with divine co
 mmunion and we call him blessed.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* p
 roclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nThe all-wise Athenogenes has throug
 h faith led to Christ a choir of athletes* who suffered steadfastly and fi
 nished the course.* And with them having vanquished the one of great craft
 \,* he has been received into the choir of martyrs\, deified by communion\
 ;* and he prays ever in behalf of us* who ever keep his sacred memory.\n\n
 Strong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\
 n\nThe ten divinely elect disciples suffered\,* bringing low the uprisings
  of the passions by feats of fasting\,* and they slew the serpent\,* havin
 g acquired Athenogenes as a sacred instructor through the power of God.* B
 y their supplications\, O Compassionate One\,* save us who ever trust in Y
 ou\, the all-good One.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nSave me\, O all-pure Mistress
 \, who ineffably gave birth to Christ the Saviour\;* for I have acquired y
 ou as my only intercessor and invincible rampart\,* my protection and joy\
 , and the divine consolation of my soul.* Wherefore\, deliver me from the 
 worm which sleeps not* and from everlasting fire\, O Mother of Christ God.
 \n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 5\n\nO Lord\, save me by Your name\,* and in Your p
 ower be a judge for me.\n\nverse: O God\, hear my prayer\; listen to the w
 ords of my mouth.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 6\n\nOnce\, the apostles trolled th
 e depths of the sea with nets\, О Lord\,* and likewise the heights of the
  kingdom for the sake of their doctrines.* In the first\, they skilfully t
 ested the unfathomable depths\;* and in the other they attained through fa
 ith Your infinite bosom\,* and they proclaimed Your timeless Son to the wo
 rld.* By their supplications and those of all the saints\,* have mercy on 
 us.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold\, as th
 e eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters\, as the eyes of a ma
 id are on the hands of her mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God 
 until He has mercy on us.\n\nOnce\, when Your disciples were tempest-tosse
 d in a boat\, О Christ\,* they cried out: “O Master\, save us! For we a
 re perishing!” *And we now cry aloud:* We pray You\, О our Saviour and 
 Lover of mankind\,* deliver us from our tribulations!\n\nHave mercy on us\
 , O Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we have been filled with shame\; our sou
 l is all too full of the mockery of the rich\, of the contempt of the prou
 d.\n\nYour Cross was the invincible weapon of the martyrs\, О Lord\;* for
  they looked upon imminent death\, foreseeing the life which is to come\,*
  and they were strengthened by hope in You.* By their prayers have mercy u
 pon us!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe eye of my heart longingly seeks you\, O 
 Lady\;* disdain not my feeble sigh.* At the hour when your Son shall judge
  the world\,* be my protection and helper.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nHaving
  shared the way of life of the apostles\,* and having become a successor t
 o their thrones\,* labouring you found the divinely inspired way to contem
 plation.* Therefore\, forthrightly ministering the word of truth\,* you sh
 ed your blood for the faith\, O hieromartyr\, Athenogenes.* Intercede with
  Christ our God for the salvation of our souls.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Vi
 rgin Mother of God\,* we acknowledge that the Word of the Father\, Christ 
 our God\,* was incarnate of you\, the only pure one and the only blessed o
 ne.* Therefore\, we sing to you a hymn of praise and we exalt you.\n\nAT D
 IVINE LITURGY ON THURSDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, 
 Tone 4: Having shared the way of life of the apostles\,* and having become
  a successor to their thrones\,* labouring you found the divinely inspired
  way to contemplation.* Therefore\, forthrightly ministering the word of t
 ruth\,* you shed your blood for the faith\, O hieromartyr\, Athenogenes.* 
 Intercede with Christ our God for the salvation of our souls.\n\nGlory be 
 to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and
  ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: Having piously lived among the hierarc
 hs\,* and having trod the path of suffering\,* you extinguished the sacrif
 ices to idols* and were a defender for your flock\, O godly one.* Therefor
 e\, venerating you\, we sincerely cry to you:* “Rescue us from dangers b
 y your prayers\, O our father\, Athenogenes.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nTh
 e venerable ones will exult in glory* and they shall be joyful in their be
 ds.\n\nverse: Sing to the Lord a new song\; let His praise be in the assem
 bly of the venerable ones. (Psalm 149:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\n1 Corinthians 10
 :28-11:7\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: Your priests shall clothe themselv
 es with justice\, and Your venerable ones shall rejoice.\n\nverse: For the
  Lord has chosen Sion\; He has chosen it for His dwelling. (Psalm 131:9\,1
 3)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 16:24-28\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall b
 e in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear*. Al
 leluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)
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