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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261119
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SUMMARY:Thursday\, November 19\, 2026\; The Holy Prophet Obadiah\; The Holy
  Martyr Barlaam.
DESCRIPTION:Nativity Fast\nAT VESPERS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING\nAt Psalm 140\n\
 nTone 1\, Podoben “O all-praised martyrs…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities
 \, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be reve
 red.\n\nAs a splendid receptacle of the Spirit and one illumined by Him\,*
  O Obadiah of vision most divine\,* you were enriched by the image of prop
 hecy\,* the foreknowledge of things to come\, and the knowledge of the tru
 th.* Pray now that He grant our souls peace and great mercy.\n\nI have wai
 ted for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promi
 se\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nOf the primary traits and essenti
 al proofs by which God is depicted* the glorious and honourable prophets p
 artake as a gift secondarily* through communion and grace when the Lord il
 lumines His favoured ones* with His effulgence.\n\nFrom the morning watch 
 until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nFull of never-waning light\,
 * beholding glory which transcends understanding and reason\,* and standin
 g before the Master of all\,* you were a glorious prophet and a divine her
 ald of God.* Entreat Him that He grant our souls peace and great mercy.\n\
 nTone 4\, Podoben “As one valiant among the martyrs…”\n\nFor with th
 e Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and 
 He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nYou were firmer than a 
 pillar\, stronger than brass\, and mightier than iron\;* for\, when heated
  by fire\, each of them disintegrates and is straightway destroyed\, overc
 ome by force thereof\;* but your unwavering right hand\, outstretched over
  the burning coals\, O most wise one\,* triumphed most gloriously.\n\nPrai
 se the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nA
 s though you were a priest standing before God and coming before Him\,* no
 t with another's blood\, but with your own most of all\, O blessed one\,* 
 you offered an incense of sweet savour with your martyr’s hand\,* not to
  demonic illusions\, but to Christ\, the Saviour and Master\,* who reigns 
 forever.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His tr
 uth endure.\n\nA priest who offers and a lamb which is offered:* we joyous
 ly call you both\, O most lauded one\;* for as both were you immolated in 
 the fire of torment* as an unblemished sacrifice to God.* Entreat Him that
  He save them that ever honour your most glorious memory.\n\nTone 4\, Glor
 y… Now…\n\nWith the showers of the all-holy Spirit* bedew my thought\,
  O all-pure one\,* who gave birth to Christ\, the gentle Rain from heaven\
 ,* who\, by His compassions\, washes away the incalculably boundless iniqu
 ities of men\;* dry up the wellspring of my passions\, and ever vouchsafe 
 to me a torrent* of the sweetness of life by your supplications.\n\nAposti
 cha\n\nTone 8\n\nFervently loving You on earth\, О Lord\,* Your apostles 
 considered all to be but dung\,* that they might acquire You alone\;* and 
 they gave their bodies over to wounds for You\;* wherefore\, glorified\, t
 hey pray for our souls.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in he
 aven. 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\nО Lord\, You magnified t
 he memory of the apostles on earth\,* for assembling them together\, we al
 l glorify You\;* since by their prayers and for their sake\,* You grant he
 alings\, peace and great mercy to the whole world.\n\nHave mercy on us\, O
  Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we have been filled with shame\; our soul i
 s all too full of the mockery of the rich\, of the contempt of the proud.\
 n\nWhat virtue\, what praise is due the saints?* For they bowed their head
 s beneath the sword for the sake of You* who bowed down the heavens and de
 scended\;* they shed their blood for You who emptied Yourself and assumed 
 the form of a servant\;* they humbled themselves even to death\, emulating
  Your poverty.* By their prayers\, О God\, have mercy upon us* in the mul
 titude of Your compassions.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nI flee to your protectio
 n\, O holy Virgin Theotokos\,* for I know that through you I shall obtain 
 salvation\;* for you are able to help me\, O pure one.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone
  2\n\nCelebrating the memory of your prophet Obadiah\, O Lord\,* we beg Yo
 u to save our souls through his intercession.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nO Lo
 rd our God\, your holy martyr Barlaam* has deserved the crown of immortali
 ty* on account of his good fight.* Armed with your strength\, he has vanqu
 ished his persecutors* and crushed Satan’s dreadful might.* Through his 
 supplications\, O Christ our God\, save our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nO Virgin M
 other of God\,* we acknowledge that the Word of the Father\, Christ our Go
 d\,* was incarnate of you\, the only pure one and the only blessed one.* T
 herefore\, we sing to you a hymn of praise and we exalt you.\nAT DIVINE LI
 TURGY ON THURSDAY MORNING\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 2: Ce
 lebrating the memory of your prophet Obadiah\, O Lord\,* we beg You to sav
 e our souls through his intercession.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: O Lord our Go
 d\, your holy martyr Barlaam* has deserved the crown of immortality* on ac
 count of his good fight.* Armed with your strength\, he has vanquished his
  persecutors* and crushed Satan’s dreadful might.* Through his supplicat
 ions\, O Christ our God\, save our souls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to
  the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 1: Receiving clarity 
 of mind from divine illumination\,* the great Obadiah sees the future thro
 ugh the Holy Spirit.* We piously and wisely keep his memory today\,* and v
 enerate him to find light for our hearts.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Am
 en.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: You became a renowned person because of your mi
 ght\,* and you offered yourself like incense as a sacrifice in the fire to
  Christ.* You received a crown of honour\, O martyr Barlaam\;* now pray fo
 r us at all times.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nThe just man shall be glad i
 n the Lord and shall hope in Him.\n\nverse: Hear\, O God\, my voice when I
  make my petition to You. (Psalm 63:11\,2)\n\nEpistle\n\n1 Timothy 3:1-13\
 n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: The just cried out and the Lord heard them\
 , and delivered them out of their afflictions.\n\nverse: The afflictions o
 f the just are many\, and out of them all will the Lord deliver them. (Psa
 lm 33:18\,20)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 16:1-9\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man s
 hall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fea
 r.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)
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