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SUMMARY:Thursday\, October 8\, 2026\; Our Venerable Mother Pelagia
DESCRIPTION:Kathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psa
 lm 140\n\nTone 2\, Podoben: “When from the Tree…”\n\nIf You mark ini
 quities\, Lord\, 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 rich
 es of great price\,* О disciples of the Lord.\n\nI have waited for You as
  You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it h
 as trusted in the Lord.\n\nFrom the darkness of passions and pleasures fre
 e 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 an
 nounce to all Him who has banished the night of unbelief.* Him do you entr
 eat\, that He enlighten also our minds\,* in that you were eyewitnesses to
  Him.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.
 \n\nBearing the saving Word* which was written by the Spirit through the f
 inger of the Father\,* you were truly shown to be divinely inscribed table
 ts of the new grace\,* initiates of His mysteries and animate scrolls\;* t
 herefore\, you traversed all the ends of the earth\,* manifestly showing a
 ll mankind the orthodox faith* and the path which leads to the heavens.\n\
 nTone 8\, Podoben “O all-glorious wonder...”\n\nFor with the Lord ther
 e is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall re
 deem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nO all-glorious wonder!* Showing co
 urage\, a woman has trampled the enemy underfoot* and quenched the passion
 s of the body through great abstinence.* Zealously taking the Cross of the
  Lord upon her shoulders\,* Pelagia put off the burden of life’s possess
 ions and followed after Christ* through the teachings of the wise Nonus.\n
 \nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people
 .\n\nYou have been revealed to us as a new Thecla!* For\, finding your tea
 cher Nonus to be another Paul\,* you accepted his teachings\, O glorious o
 ne\,* having fervently embraced repentance\,* and through abstinence you j
 oined yourself to Christ\,* O all-blessed and most honoured Pelagia.* Ther
 efore\, never cease to pray to Christ that we be saved.\n\nStrong is the l
 ove of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nRejoice\, O 
 most honoured Pelagia!* For\, most honourably enkindled by zeal divine\,* 
 you cast aside the pleasure of fornication\, O all-blessed one\,* and hast
 ening to Nonus\, cried aloud:* You must give answer for my deeds* if you w
 ill not seal me with the sign of Christ\, O glorious one\,* investing me t
 hrough baptism with pure raiment!\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nWhere sin has in
 creased\, there grace abounds\, as the Apostle teaches\;* for in prayers a
 nd tears you dried up the abyss of many offenses\, O Pelagia\,* and finall
 y brought to the Lord right acceptable repentance\,* and therein pray for 
 our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nO all-pure one\, who have contained the infinite G
 od in your womb* who\, in His love for mankind\, has become a man\,* and h
 as received our substance from you\, deifying it:* disdain me not who am n
 ow sorrowing\, but quickly take pity* and free me from diverse enemies and
  the malice of the evil one.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 5\n\nO Lord\, save me b
 y Your 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\nTh
 roughout the whole world You magnified the names of Your preeminent apostl
 es\, О Saviour\,* for they learned heavenly things and imparted ineffable
  healings to mortals.* They who were fishermen healed diseases by their ha
 ndkerchiefs alone\;* they who were Jews theologized the doctrines of grace
 .* For their sake\, О You who are full of loving-kindness\,* grant us gre
 at mercy.\n\nIn the morning\, fill us with Your love\; we shall exult and 
 rejoice all our days. Give us joy to balance our affliction for the years 
 when we knew misfortune. Show forth Your work to Your servants\; let Your 
 glory shine on their children.\n\nWe\, who are ever assailed by the action
 s of the unrighteous\,* yet truly find refuge in You\, who are God\,* offe
 r to You the voice of Your disciples\, saying:* Save us\, О our Instructo
 r\, for we are perishing!* And we pray: Show now to our enemies that You p
 rotect and save from misfortunes* those who have recourse to the supplicat
 ions of the apostles\,* overlooking their sins in Your great goodness.* О
  Lord\, glory be to You!\n\nLet the favour of the Lord be upon us: give su
 ccess to the work of our hands\, give success to the work of our hands.\n\
 nGreat is the glory you have acquired by faith\;* for you not only vanquis
 hed the enemy in your sufferings\,* but in death you drive away evil spiri
 ts and heal the infirm\, О physicians of souls and bodies.* Pray to the L
 ord\, that our souls may find mercy.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nLike a
  fruitful olive tree\,* the Virgin brought You forth as the Fruit of life\
 ,* bearing to the world\, the fruit of rich and great mercy.\n\nTroparia\n
 \nTone 8\n\nThe image of God was truly preserved in you\, Mother\,* for yo
 u took up the Cross and followed Christ.* By so doing\, you taught us to d
 isregard the flesh\, for it passes away\;* but to care instead for the sou
 l\, since it is immortal.* Therefore your spirit\, holy Mother Pelagia\, r
 ejoices with the angels!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO pure Mother of God\, you 
 are the gate of spiritual life\,* save from all dangers those who run to y
 ou with confidence* to glorify your holy birthgiving* for the salvation of
  our souls.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON THURSDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Konta
 kia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: The divine image was faithfully preserved in yo
 u\, O mother\,* for taking up the Cross you followed Christ.* By your deed
 s you have taught us to see beyond flesh which passes* and care for the so
 ul\, a thing immortal.* And so\, O venerable woman\, Pelagia\,* your spiri
 t rejoices with the angels.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and t
 o the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2
 : For love of the Lord\, O venerable woman\,* you scorned the desire for r
 est and enlightened your soul through fasting\,* for you have mightily con
 quered the beasts.* Through your prayers thwart the rage of fiends.\n\nPro
 keimenon\, Tone 4\n\nGod is wonderful in His saints\,* the God of Israel.\
 n\nverse: Bless God in the churches\, the Lord from the fountains of Israe
 l. (Psalm 67:36\,27)\n\nEpistle\n\nPhilippians 3:1-8\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\
 n\nverse: With expectation I have waited for the Lord\, and he was attenti
 ve 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\nLuke 7:17
 -30\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\
 ;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear*. Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia
 . (Psalm 111:6)
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