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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260618
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260619
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SUMMARY:Thursday\, June 18\, 2026\; The Holy Martyr Leontius.
DESCRIPTION:Apostle’s Fast\n\nAT VESPERS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma
  Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 2\, 
 Special Melody: “When from the Tree…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lo
 rd\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\
 n\nLike spiritual rivers issuing forth separately from Eden\, О wise ones
 \,* you have watered the whole earth and\, having ploughed it\,* have sown
  the preaching of salvation and reaped right fruitful grain\, the souls of
  the saved\,* laying them up in the noetic granaries like riches of great 
 price\,* О disciples of the Lord.\n\nI have waited for You as You have co
 mmanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted i
 n the Lord.\n\nFrom the darkness of passions and pleasures free my heart\,
 * which is sorely distressed by the passions\,* О you who are luminaries 
 of the noetic East\, most radiant heralds of the Sun\,* who announce to al
 l Him who has banished the night of unbelief.* Him do you entreat\, that H
 e enlighten also our minds\,* in that you were eyewitnesses to Him.\n\nFro
 m the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nBearing 
 the saving Word* which was written by the Spirit through the finger of the
  Father\,* you were truly shown to be divinely inscribed tablets of the ne
 w grace\,* initiates of His mysteries and animate scrolls\;* therefore\, y
 ou traversed all the ends of the earth\,* manifestly showing all mankind t
 he orthodox faith* and the path which leads to the heavens.\n\nTone 8\n\nF
 or with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redempti
 on\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nWhat shall we
  call you\, O glorious one?* Offering of Hellas\, in that you hailed from 
 there?* Cleansing of Phoenicia\, in that you were martyred there?* Lamp\, 
 for you shone forth in the darkness?* Valiant one\, in that you were not v
 anquished by those who beat you?* Far-reaching is your fame\, O most bless
 ed Leontius!* Pray that our souls be saved.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the n
 ations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nWhat shall we name you\,
  O passion-bearer?* Soldier of Christ\, in that you were a destroyer of th
 e enemy?* Ruler of the passions\, in that you were an athlete of piety?* F
 eeder of the hungry\, in that you loved the poor?* Righteous one\, in that
  you were a zealot of heavenly wisdom?* Diverse were your sufferings and m
 ost splendid your contest.* Pray that our souls be saved.\n\nStrong is the
  love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nWho does n
 ot marvel at you\, O Leontius?* For\, receiving a well-spring of incorrupt
 ion as a dweller in paradise\,* you pour forth rivers of benefaction upon 
 the faithful\,* without fee you offer abundant gifts to all those who thir
 st\,* and gladden those who partake of the waters of goodness.* Pray that 
 our souls be saved.\n\nTone 1\, Glory… \n\nO all-praised athlete Leontiu
 s\, neither fire\, nor wounding\, nor the sword were able to separate thee
  from the love of Christ\; but\, suffering manfully in the midst of the to
 rmenters\, thou didst abolish the offerings made to idols\, O divinely wis
 e crown-bearer\, and now dost dance in the heavens. Earnestly pray thou fo
 r our souls.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nLike a great Sun\, the Word\, who is eq
 ual in honour with the Father and the Spirit\,* and who in latter times sh
 one forth upon the earth through the divine Virgin Maiden\,* emitted you\,
  О glorious apostles\,* like rays illumining with the light of Faith all 
 mankind* which languishes in the darkness of delusion\,* leading them to H
 im with divine teachings.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 5\n\nO Lord\, save me by Y
 our name\,* and in Your power be a judge for me.\n\nverse: O God\, hear my
  prayer\; listen to the words of my mouth.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nThrou
 ghout the whole world You magnified the names of Your preeminent apostles\
 , О Saviour\,* for they learned heavenly things and imparted ineffable he
 alings to mortals.* They who were fishermen healed diseases by their handk
 erchiefs alone\;* they who were Jews theologized the doctrines of grace.* 
 For their sake\, О You who are full of loving-kindness\,* grant us great 
 mercy.\n\nIn the morning\, fill us with Your love\; we shall exult and rej
 oice all our days. Give us joy to balance our affliction for the years whe
 n we knew misfortune. Show forth Your work to Your servants\; let Your glo
 ry shine on their children.\n\nWe\, who are ever assailed by the actions o
 f the unrighteous\,* yet truly find refuge in You\, who are God\,* offer t
 o You the voice of Your disciples\, saying:* Save us\, О our Instructor\,
  for we are perishing!* And we pray: Show now to our enemies that You prot
 ect and save from misfortunes* those who have recourse to the supplication
 s of the apostles\,* overlooking their sins in Your great goodness.* О Lo
 rd\, glory be to You!\n\nLet the favour of the Lord be upon us: give succe
 ss to the work of our hands\, give success to the work of our hands.\n\nGr
 eat is the glory you have acquired by faith\;* for you not only vanquished
  the enemy in your sufferings\,* but in death you drive away evil spirits 
 and heal the infirm\, О physicians of souls and bodies.* Pray to the Lord
 \, that our souls may find mercy.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nLike a fr
 uitful olive tree\,* the Virgin brought You forth as the Fruit of life\,* 
 bearing to the world\, the fruit of rich and great mercy.\n\nTroparion\n\n
 Tone 4\n\nYour martyr\, Leontius\, O Lord\,* by his passion acquired the c
 rown of incorruptibility from You\, our God.* For possessing Your power he
  overcame the torturers* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By
  his supplications\, save our souls.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin 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 one.* Theref
 ore\, we sing to you a hymn of praise and we exalt you.\n\nAT DIVINE LITUR
 GY ON THURSDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: You
 r martyr\, Leontius\, O Lord\,* by his passion acquired the crown of incor
 ruptibility from You\, our God.* For possessing Your power he overcame the
  torturers* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By his supplica
 tions\, save our souls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to th
 e Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: As
  a bright and unerring star you appeared to the world* proclaiming with yo
 ur rays the Sun\, that is\, Christ\, O martyr\, Leontius\,* and you have e
 xtinguished all error.* But to us you give light\, praying without ceasing
  for all of us.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nThe just man shall be glad in t
 he Lord and shall hope in Him.\n\nverse: Hear\, O God\, my voice when I ma
 ke my petition to You. (Psalm 63:11\,2)\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 11:13-24\n\nA
 lleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: The just man shall flourish like the palm tree\
 ; and he shall grow like the cedar in Lebanon.\n\nverse: They who are plan
 ted in the house of the Lord shall flourish the courts of our God. (Psalm 
 91:13\,14)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 11:27-30\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man
  shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no f
 ear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)
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