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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260625
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SUMMARY:Thursday\, June 25\, 2026\; The Holy Venerable-Martyr Febronia.
DESCRIPTION:VESPERS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThere are n
 o Psalms appointed this evening.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nIf You mark 
 iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You m
 ay be revered.\n\nWhen John was born\, he loosed the muteness of Zachariah
 \;* for it was not fitting that his father keep silence when the voice iss
 ued forth:* but as his tongue was bound before because he would not believ
 e\,* so when the Baptist appeared he freed his father\,* announcing to him
  that the voice of the Word was born\, the forerunner of the Light\,* who 
 prays for our souls.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my s
 oul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\
 nToday the voice of the Word looses the voice of his father\,* which has b
 een restrained because of his unbelief\;* and he makes fruitfulness manife
 st to the Church\,* loosing the bonds of his mother's barrenness.* The lam
 p goes forth\, the ray announces the coming of the Sun of righteousness\,*
  to the edification of all and the salvation of our souls\n\nFrom the morn
 ing watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nWhen the Word of G
 od was to be born of the Virgin\,* His angel issued forth from the womb of
  an elderly woman:* he who is the greatest born of women and the foremost 
 of the prophets.* For it was fitting that the Word is the all-glorious beg
 inning of divine things\,* the Offspring outside of time\, conceived witho
 ut seed.* O You who work wonders for our salvation\, glory be to You!\n\nT
 one 4\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentifu
 l redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nYou
  endured a twofold suffering in your contest\, O most praised Febronia\,* 
 mingling the blood of martyrdom with the sweat of your ascetic endeavour\;
 * therefore\, the Benefactor has given you a twofold crown.* And you have 
 entered in to Him\, splendidly adorned\,* as a most immaculate virgin and 
 an invincible martyr.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His
  glory\, all you people.\n\nThe divine beauties of your soul* came togethe
 r with the comeliness of your body\,* and you shone forth like a white lil
 y in the habitations of the venerable\,* yet empurpled by the streams of y
 our blood\, O most immaculate bride.* Therefore\, the comely Bridegroom of
  heaven* and the indestructible bridal-chamber* have received you as a vir
 gin and martyr.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will
  His truth endure.\n\nO most lauded Febronia\,* the angel of deliverance h
 as come near to you\;* for from childhood you were shown to fear the Lord\
 ,* and brought yourself to the Almighty as a pure and cherished offering.*
  Therefore\, you trampled the foolishness of Selenus underfoot* and earnes
 tly hastened to Christ\, your Bridegroom.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nB
 ehold Elizabeth\, who said to the Virgin Mary:* Why have you come to me\, 
 O Mother of my Lord? You bear the King\, and I\, the warrior.* You\, the L
 aw-giver\; I\, the transmitter of the law\,* You\, the Word\; and I\, the 
 voice proclaiming the kingdom of heaven.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 3\n\nYour so
 und went forth into all the earth\, О holy apostles\,* destroying the dec
 eption of the idols\,* and preaching the knowledge of God.* Behold\, your 
 struggle is good\, О blessed ones\;* wherefore\, we hymn and glorify your
  memory.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold\, 
 as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters\, as the eyes of
  a maid are on the hands of her mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our
  God until He has mercy on us.\n\nAs branches of the life-bearing Vine\, 
 О glorious apostles\,* you brought yourselves to God as the fruit of piet
 y\;* wherefore\, as you have boldness before Him\,* ask that He grant peac
 e and great mercy to our souls.\n\nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, have mercy 
 on us\; for we have been filled with shame\; our soul is all too full of t
 he mockery of the rich\, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nRendered steadfa
 st by faith\, strengthened by hope\,* and spiritually united by the love o
 f Your Cross\, О Lord\,* Your martyrs abolished the tyranny of the enemy\
 ;* and having received crowns\, with the incorporeal ones\, they pray for 
 our souls.\n\nTone 6\, Glory… Now…\n\nElizabeth conceived the forerunn
 er of grace\,* and the Virgin conceived the Lord of glory.* Both mothers g
 reeted each other with a kiss\,* and the babe leapt up within his mother\,
 * for the servant praised his Master.* And the mother of the forerunner\, 
 marvelling\, cried out:* “Why is this granted to me\, that the Mother of
  my Lord should come to me?” That He might save the despairing people\, 
 in that He has great mercy.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nO Prophet and forerun
 ner of the coming of Christ\,* we\, who lovingly honour you are at a loss 
 to praise you worthily\;* for your mother’s barrenness and your father
 ’s silence* were both ended by your honoured and glorious birth\,* and t
 he incarnation of the Son of God* is preached to the whole world.\n\nGlory
 …\n\nYour lamb\, Febronia\, O Jesus\, cries in a loud voice:* “You\, O
  my Bridegroom\, I love\; and\, seeking You\, I undergo martyrdom.* And wi
 th You I am crucified and buried in Your baptism\,* and I suffer for Your 
 sake that I may reign with You.* And I die on Your behalf that I may live 
 in You.* Receive me as a spotless sacrifice\,* sacrificed for You with lov
 e.”* Through her intercession in Your mercy save our souls.\n\nNow…\n\
 nO Virgin Mother of God\,* we acknowledge that the Word of the Father\, Ch
 rist our God\,* was incarnate of you\, the only pure one and the only bles
 sed one.* Therefore\, we sing to you a hymn of praise and we exalt you.\n\
 nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON THURSDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTropari
 on\, Tone 4: O Prophet and forerunner of the coming of Christ\,* we\, who 
 lovingly honour you are at a loss to praise you worthily\;* for your mothe
 r’s barrenness and your father’s silence* were both ended by your hono
 ured and glorious birth\,* and the incarnation of the Son of God* is preac
 hed to the whole world.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Your lamb\, Febronia\, O Je
 sus\, cries in a loud voice:* “You\, O my Bridegroom\, I love\; and\, se
 eking You\, I undergo martyrdom.* And with You I am crucified and buried i
 n Your baptism\,* and I suffer for Your sake that I may reign with You.* A
 nd I die on Your behalf that I may live in You.* Receive me as a spotless 
 sacrifice\,* sacrificed for You with love.”* Through her intercession in
  Your mercy save our souls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and t
 o the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: We\, all the faithful\, have fou
 nd your shrine to be a place of spiritual healing\,* and we cry aloud to y
 ou: “O glorious virgin martyr\, Febronia\,* pray unceasingly to Christ o
 ur God for all of us!”\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\
 , Tone 3: She who once was barren gives birth today to the Forerunner of C
 hrist\,* who will fulfil every prophecy.* In the Jordan he placed his hand
  upon the One Whom the prophets foretold* and thus was shown to be the pro
 phet\, the herald\,* and the Forerunner of the Word of God.\n\nProkeimenon
 \, Tone 4\n\nGod is wonderful in His saints\,* the God of Israel.\n\nverse
 : In the churches bless God\, the Lord from the fountains of Israel. (Psal
 m 67:36\,27)\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 15:17-29\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: 
 With expectation I have waited for the Lord\, and He was attentive to me\,
  and He heard my prayer.\n\nverse: He brought me out of the pit of misery 
 and the mud of the swamp. (Psalm 39:2\,3)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 12:46-13:3\
 n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* o
 f evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (P
 salm 111:6)
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