BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.8//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:629@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261029 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261030 DTSTAMP:20261020T023014Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/thursday-october-29-2026-the-hol y-venerable-martyr-anastasia-of-rome-the-passing-of-our-venerable-father-a braham-archimandrite-and-wonderworker-of-rostov-our-venerable-father-abrah am-the-recluse/ SUMMARY:Thursday\, October 29\, 2026\; The Holy Venerable-Martyr Anastasia of Rome\; The Passing of Our Venerable Father Abraham\, Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Rostov\; Our Venerable Father Abraham the Recluse DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 29\, 2026\;\n\nThe Holy Venerable-Martyr Ana stasia of Rome\; The Passing of Our Venerable Father Abraham\, Archimandri te and Wonderworker of Rostov\; Our Venerable Father Abraham the Recluse\n \nAT VESPERS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed psa lms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\, Podoben “What shall we call you…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nO all-praised martyr and athle te\,* having cast down carnal passions by abstinence\,* you slew the serpe nt foe by your contest\,* astonishing the angels with your suffering\,* an d causing men to rejoice in your ordeal\, O adornment of monastics\, vesse l of virginity.* Pray that Christ God save and enlighten our souls!\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\nWhat shall we name you\, O glorious one?* Bride of Christ who shone forth in the virtues of virginit y\,* chosen daughter of the heavenly Jerusalem\,* dweller and converser wi th angels\,* one who delights in the noetic bridal chamber\,* O much-suffe ring Anastasia\, adornment of monastics.* Pray that Christ God save and en lighten our souls!\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nYou endured the extraction of your teeth\,* the severing of your hands\, feet\, and breasts\,* your limbs being cut off by iniquito us torturers\;* yet you lifted up your eyes to the comeliness of your Brid egroom\,* enduring pain in manner past nature.* O much-suffering Anastasia \, incorrupt Bride of Christ\,* pray that He save and enlighten our souls! \n\nIn the same Tone:\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him t here is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its in iquities.\n\nO divinely wise father Abraham\, being like to Abraham in spi rit\,* you moved from your father’s land\, O blessed one\,* rejecting th e desires of the flesh\;* and\, joyfully enclosing your body in a small hu t\,* you furnished your soul with wings to fly to the heavens\,* where you have manifestly found your life.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nO venerable father Abraham\,* who\ , in accordance with your name\, acquired the soul of Abraham\,* endured t emptations\, strengthened by divine love\;* and united to God by love\, yo u inherited the promised land\,* adorned with the splendours of the virtue s.* Wherefore\, rejoicing\, we celebrate your memory.\n\nStrong is the lov e of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nO venerable fa ther Abraham\,* by divine providence you drew forth the woman* who was cru elly devoured by the serpent through deception\,* and who was dragged down into the pit of destruction\;* and you presented her\, saved\, to God.* A ll marvelled at her repentance\,* piously glorifying the all-good God.\n\n Glory… Now…\n\nRejoice\, bearer of the divine Light\,* all-radiant lam p\, O all-holy Bride of God!* You have shone the Light upon us from your a ll-pure womb\,* illumining all the ends of the earth\,* and bathing them w ith the rays of your grace.* Rejoice\, O pure beginning of our salvation!* Rejoice\, awesome rumour and report of them that hope in you!\n\nApostich a\n\nTone 5\n\nAs eyewitnesses to the mysteries of the Saviour\, О discip les\,* you preached the Invisible One who has no beginning\, saying:* In t he beginning was the Word.* You were not created before the angels\, nor w ere you taught of men\,* but by the wisdom of the Most High.* Wherefore\, as you have boldness\, pray on behalf of our souls.\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\nTogether let us praise the apostles of the Lord with hymns\,* for\, hav ing arrayed themselves in the armour of the Cross\,* they abolished the de lusion of the demons* and were revealed to be crowned victors.* By the sup plications of them and all the saints\, О God\, have mercy on us.\n\nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we have been filled with sh ame\; our soul is all too full of the mockery of the rich\, of the contemp t of the proud.\n\nYour souls filled with insatiable love\, О holy martyr s\,*you did not deny Christ\;* and enduring the diverse wounds of sufferin gs\,* you cast down the audacity of the tormentors\;* and having preserved the Faith intact and unharmed\,* you were translated to the heavens.* Whe refore\, as you have boldness before Him\, ask that He grant us great merc y.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWe bless you\, O Virgin Theotokos\,* and we\, the faithful\, glorify you as is meet\, O unassailable city\,* impregnable ra mpart\, and steadfast intercession and refuge of our souls.\n\nTroparia\n\ nTone 4\n\nYour lamb\, Anastasia\, O Jesus\, cries in a loud voice:* “Yo u\, O my Bridegroom\, I love\; and\, seeking You\, I undergo martyrdom.* A nd with 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 wit h love.”* Through her intercession in Your mercy save our souls.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nIn you\, O holy father Abraham\, the faithful image of Go d shone forth\,* for you carried your cross and followed Christ.* You taug ht 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\nNow…\n\nO pure Mother of God\, you are the gate of spiritual life\,* save from all dangers those who run to you with confidence* to glorify your holy birthgiving* for the salvation of our so uls.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON THURSDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\n Troparion\, Tone 4: Your lamb\, Anastasia\, O Jesus\, cries in a loud voic e:* “You\, O my Bridegroom\, I love\; and\, seeking You\, I undergo mart yrdom.* And with You I am crucified and buried in Your baptism\,* and I su ffer for Your sake that I may reign with You.* And I die on Your behalf th at I may live in You.* Receive me as a spotless sacrifice\,* sacrificed fo r You with love.”* Through her intercession in Your mercy save our souls .\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: In you\, O holy father Abraham\, the faithful ima ge of God shone forth\,* for you carried your cross and followed Christ.* 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 for ever in happiness with the angels.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the So n and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 3: In the body\, you were li ke an angel on earth\,* and by your asceticism\, you were like a tree well -rooted.* You grew in beauty\, being watered with self-renouncement.* O fa ther Abraham\, you exorcised the devil by your tears\;* therefore\, you re sembled a vessel of the Holy Spirit.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n \nKontakion\, Tone 3: O venerable Anastasia\, you were purified by the wat ers of virginity* and washed by the blood of your martyrdom.* Therefore\, you grant healing to those who suffer from sickness* and salvation to thos e who come to you with love.* It is Christ who bestows upon you this power * because He is ever-generous with his grace.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nT he venerable ones will exult in glory* and they shall by joyful in their b eds.\n\nverse: Sing to the Lord a new song\; let His praise be in the asse mbly of the venerable ones. (Psalm 149:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\n1 Thessalonians 2:9-14\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 6\n\nverse: Blessed is the man who fears the Lo rd\; he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments.\n\nverse: His seed shall be mighty upon the earth. (Psalm 111:1\,2)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 11:14-2 3\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nRejoice in the Lord\, O you just\;* praise befits t he righteous.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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