BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:579@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260910 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260911 DTSTAMP:20260830T204117Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/thursday-september-10-2026-the-h oly-martyrs-menodora-metrodora-and-nymphodora/ SUMMARY:Thursday\, September 10\, 2026\; The Holy Martyrs Menodora\, Metrod ora\, and Nymphodora. DESCRIPTION:Post-feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God\n\nAT VESPERS O N WEDNESDAY EVENING\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\, Podoben “O all-glorious wonder…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with Y ou forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nO all-glorious wonder!* How the Mother of God who tasted not of wedlock* today springs forth as a rod bearing a Flower\,* from a childless and barren womb\, from the righteous Joachim and Anna!* Therefore\, the councils of the prophets* and the whole assembly of the patriarchs rejoice* at her nativity.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* f or it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nToday David rejoices\, Jesse dances\,* L evi is magnified\, and the righteous Joachim leaps up in spirit\;* the bar renness of Anna is manifestly loosed by your nativity\, O pure Mary.* O yo u who tasted not of wedlock\,* the company of angels and all mortals call your divine womb blessed!\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israe l trust in the Lord.\n\nRejoice\, O union of the earthly!* Rejoice\, templ e of the Lord!* Rejoice\, unwedded Mother\, who has most gloriously loosed the barrenness of Anna* and by your nativity have poured forth remission of sins upon mortals!* Rejoice\, O all-immaculate one! Rejoice\, divine te mple!* Rejoice\, O tabernacle wherein our Creator and Lord made His abode! \n\nTone 4\, Podoben “As one valiant among the martyrs…”\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* a nd He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nHaving adorned yours elves with vesture empurpled with your blood\, O virgin maidens\,* in your beauty you united yourselves incorporeally to Christ our comely God* who preserves your virginity undefiled in the immortal bridal chamber of incor ruption\,* in the mansions of heaven\,* in a chamber not made by hands\, O martyrs.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nIn imperfect bodies\, yet with a perfect mind\,* you vanqu ished the ancient serpent\, the author of evil\,* with the power of the Sp irit\, O glorious ones\,* and showed his might to be feeble.* Therefore\, you have received crowns of victory\, O Menodora\, Metrodora and Nymphodor a\,* champions of the Trinity.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nYour members twisted\, fed to the fir e\,* lacerated with iron claws\, hanged upon a tree and beheaded by the sw ord\,* you did not deny Christ\, O all-praised athletes.* Therefore\, you have received the crown of victory\, O Menodora\, Metrodora and Nymphodora \,* champions of the Trinity.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nWhat is this noise of revellers?* Joachim and Anna keep festival mystically\,* saying: “Rejoice with us today\, O Adam and Eve!”* For by their transgression was paradise shut\,* but a right glorious fruit is now given to us:* Mary\ , the divine Maiden\, who throws open its gates to all.\n\nAposticha\n\nTo ne 1\, Podoben “Joy of the ranks of heaven…”\n\nLet the gate of the God-receiving temple be opened\,* taking in today with glory the temple an d throne of the King* which Joachim brings\, consecrating her to the Lord: * her who was taken from him* to be the Mother of God.\n\nListen\, O daugh ter\, and see\, and incline your ear.\n\nNoetic rays of universal joy have shone forth upon the world\,* proclaiming beforehand to all Christ God\, the Sun of glory\,* in your nativity\, O all-pure one\;* for you have been shown to be the mediatress* of true gladness and grace.\n\nThe rich among the people shall entreat your countenance.\n\nThis\, your most precious g lory\, O pure one\,* proclaims beforehand to all men* your kind-hearted be neficence\;* for you are the mediatress of our present joy\,* for by your supplication you have been revealed to us* as the cause of joy to come\, O pure one.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nThe Queen of all who has been fo retold\,* the habitation of God\, the divine dwelling place of the eternal Essence\,* has come forth today from the barren womb of the glorious Anna \,* and by her shameless Hades has been trampled down\,* and Eve\, the mot her of our race\, is led into everlasting life.* To her do we cry out\, as is meet:* Blessed are you among women\,* and blessed is the fruit of your womb!\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nYou traded violent tortures and bitter dea th for eternal life.* Three virgins professed the uncreated Trinity* befor e a false judge at an illegal trial.* You followed the footsteps of the sl aughtered Lamb* when they pierced you with the sword.* Pray for those who honour your memory.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now…\n\nYour nativity\, O Virgi n Mother of God\,* has made joy known to all the world\,* for from you daw ned the Sun of Righteousness\, Christ our God.* He abolished the curse and gave the blessing\;* and by making death of no effect He bestowed on us e ternal life.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON THURSDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kont akia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Your nativity\, O Virgin Mother of God\,* has made joy known to all the world\,* for from you dawned the Sun of Righteou sness\, Christ our God.* He abolished the curse and gave the blessing\;* a nd by making death of no effect He bestowed on us eternal life.\n\nTropari on\, Tone 4: You traded violent tortures and bitter death for eternal life .* Three virgins professed the uncreated Trinity* before a false judge at an illegal trial.* You followed the footsteps of the slaughtered Lamb* whe n they pierced you with the sword.* Pray for those who honour your memory. \n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKonta kion\, Tone 4: Fearless as you were in your struggles for the Holy Trinity * and because of your sisterly love for each other\,* you defeated the ene my of your spiritual life.* In the company of the five virgins\,* you ente red victoriously into the heavenly mansions* where you live forever joyful with the angels* in the presence of the King of all.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: By your birth\, O immaculate one\,* Joachim and Anna were freed from the reproach of childlessness\,* and Ada m and Eve* from the corruption of death.* And your people\, redeemed from the guilt of their sins\,* celebrate as they cry out to you:* “The barre n one gives birth to the Mother of God* and nourisher of our life.”\n\nP rokeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nMy soul magnifies the Lord\, and my spirit has rejo iced in God my Saviour.\n\nverse: Because he has regarded the humility of His handmaid\; for behold\, all generations shall call me blessed. (Luke 1 :46-48)\n\nEpistle\n\nEphesians 1:1-9\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 8\n\nverse: Hear\ , O daughter\, and see\, and incline your ear. (Psalm 44:11)\n\nverse: The rich among the people shall entreat your countenance. (Psalm 44:13)\n\nGo spel\n\nMark 7:24-30\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the V irgin Mary\, born from a barren womb.\n\nAnd the Irmos\, Tone 8: Virginity is alien to mothers* and childbearing is foreign to virgins\;* yet in you \, O Mother of God\, both of them came together.* Therefore we and all the nations of the earth* without ceasing magnify you.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nI will take the cup of salvation\;* and I will call upon the name of the Lo rd.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 115:13) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Winnipeg X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR