BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.6//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:615@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261015 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261016 DTSTAMP:20261005T132751Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/thursday-october-15-2026-our-ven erable-father-euthymius-the-younger-the-holy-venerable-martyr-lucian-pries t-of-great-antioch/ SUMMARY:Thursday\, October 15\, 2026\; Our Venerable Father Euthymius the Y ounger\; The Holy Venerable-Martyr Lucian\, Priest of Great Antioch DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\, Pod oben “As one valiant among the martyrs…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revere d.\n\nYou traversed the narrow path with untroubled spirit\,* sailing to t hose things which lead to life\;* for you were the boast of fasters\, O Eu thymius\,* having steadfastly set at naught the pursuit of the demons.* Th erefore\, you have been counted worthy to be an heir to the heavenly kingd om\,* and you delight in never-ending beauty.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it ha s trusted in the Lord.\n\nYour most radiant life astonished the angels* an d manifestly affrighted the savage demons\;* you have splendidly adorned t he assemblies of the faithful\,* ever commanding them to go to the heavenl y dwelling place of Christ.* Entreat Him that they that celebrate your mos t honoured memory with faith* be delivered from corruption and misfortunes .\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\n Hymnody and praise did you bring to Christ every day\, O father\, while dw elling in the desert\;* and offering up your soul and mind to the one God\ ,* like the great Moses you ascended to the impassable heights of sanctity .* Therefore\, having vanquished the invisible foe\,* you became a pure ha bitation and an instrument of the divine Spirit.\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “Yo u have given a sign…”\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with H im there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all it s iniquities.\n\nYou made the faithful steadfast\, enriching them with fai th* and the discourse of knowledge of God\,* that they might boldly endure the rage of the tyrant* for the sake of the life which is to come and inc orruptible.* Therefore\, we call you blessed\, O right glorious Lucian\,* and we celebrate your divine solemnity today.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nLengthy imprisonment a nd a most violent death you endured\, O venerable one\,* bound with bonds\ , lacerated with sharp-edged shards\, O blessed one\,* and weakened by cru el starvation and by long thirst.* Therefore\, you have manifestly receive d heavenly food* and been made an invincible martyr\, O valiant athlete.\n \nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure .\n\nThe bosom of the sea\, receiving you\, O glorious one\,* gave you ove r to the dry land after thirty days\,* like Jonah of old\, through the age ncy of wild beasts\, for divinely honourable interment\, a divine wellspri ng of healings\,* princely election of martyrs\, establishment of the Chur ch\, intercession for our souls\,* God-bearer most rich.\n\nTone 6\, Glory …\n\nO venerable father\, word of your corrections has gone forth into a ll the earth\;* therefore\, you have found the reward of your labours in t he heavens\,*have destroyed the legions of the demons\, and attained to th e ranks of the angels\,* whose life you blamelessly emulated.* Possessed o f boldness before Christ God\, ask peace for our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nThe e ye of my heart longingly seeks you\, * O Sovereign Lady\; disdain not my f eeble sigh. * At the hour when your Son shall judge the world\, * be my pr otection and helper.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 3\n\nYour sound went forth into all the earth\, О holy apostles\,* destroying the deception 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 serv ants 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 m ercy on us.\n\nAs branches of the life-bearing Vine\, О glorious apostles \,* you brought yourselves to God as the fruit of piety\;* wherefore\, as you have boldness before Him\,* ask that He grant peace 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 the mockery of the ri ch\, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nRendered steadfast by faith\, streng thened by hope\,* and spiritually united by the love of Your Cross\, О Lo rd\,* Your martyrs abolished the tyranny of the enemy\;* and having receiv ed crowns\, with the incorporeal ones\, they pray for our souls.\n\nTone 5 \, Glory…\n\nO venerable father\, you gave no sleep to your eyes\, nor s lumber to your eyelids\,* until you freed your soul and body of the passio ns* and had prepared yourself as a habitation of the Spirit\;* for Christ\ , coming with the Father\, made His dwelling within you\,* and you became a favourite of the consubstantial Trinity.* O great preacher Euthymius\, p ray in behalf of our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nWe bless you\, O Virgin Theotokos \, * and we\, the faithful\, glorify you as is meet\, * unassailable city\ , impregnable rampart\, * and steadfast intercession and refuge of our sou ls.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 8\n\nIn you\, O holy father Euthymius\,* the faith ful image of God shone forth\,* for you carried your cross and followed Ch rist.* You taught by your deeds how to spurn the body\, for it passes away \;* and how to value the soul\, for it is immortal.* Therefore\, your soul is forever in happiness with the angels.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nYou kept yourself chaste by your fasting\,* and you received an untarnishing crown by your martyrdom.* O martyred priest\, Lucian\, the pride of Antioch\,* beg Christ to save us who keep your holy memory.\n\nNow…\n\nO Virgin Mot her 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.* The refore\, we sing to you a hymn of praise and we exalt you.\n\nAT DIVINE LI TURGY ON THURSDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: In you\, O holy father Euthymius\,* the faithful image of God shone forth\ ,* for you carried your cross and followed Christ.* You taught by your dee ds how to spurn the body\, for it passes away\;* and how to value the soul \, for it is immortal.* Therefore\, your soul is forever in happiness with the angels.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: You kept yourself chaste by your fasti ng\,* and you received an untarnishing crown by your martyrdom.* O martyre d priest\, Lucian\, the pride of Antioch\,* beg Christ to save us who keep your holy memory.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Hol y Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: We praise Lucian in song as a real light\ ,* for he was renowned first in his fasting* and secondly for his martyr ’s blood.* He prays without ceasing for all of us.\n\nNow and for ever a nd ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: You walked through storms without ge tting wet\,* and with the arrows of your tears you slew the foe.* You rece ived the grace to work miracles\, O father Euthymius\,* and you heal all o ur maladies.* Pray unceasingly for all of us.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nP recious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His venerable ones.\n\nve rse: What shall I render to the Lord for all the things He has rendered to me? (Psalm 115:15\,12)\n\nEpistle\n\nColossians 1:24-29\n\nAlleluia\, Ton e 6\n\nverse: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord\; he shall delight exc eedingly in His commandments.\n\nverse: His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth. (Psalm 111:1\,2)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 9:7-11\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\ nThe just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he sh all have no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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