BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:499@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260623 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260624 DTSTAMP:20260622T145623Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/tuesday-june-23-2026-the-holy-ma rtyr-agrippina/ SUMMARY:Tuesday\, June 23\, 2026\; The Holy Martyr Agrippina. DESCRIPTION:Apostle’s Fast\n\nAT VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Re ading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 3\, Pod oben “In crosswise manner...”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who c an stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nPerceiv ing in me a slothfulness toward profitable works\,* the serpent of many sh apes transforms itself\,* luring me towards ever more bitter evils\,* show ing me the sweetness of sin\,* by his own bitter activity\,* which is oppo sed to the commandments of God.* And taking advantage of my wicked charact er\,* forcing me to accept evils as good.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has tr usted in the Lord.\n\nHaving eagerly trodden the whole path of iniquity an d sin\,* and utterly departed from that which is straight\,* I have now dr awn nigh to the gates of death\;* and\, hemmed in\, I cry aloud: О my sup remely good Jesus\, O path of our life\,* turn me to the broad expanse of true repentance\;* save and grant me correction\;* and before my death\, g rant me divine forgiveness!\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Isr ael trust in the Lord.\n\nI have been slain by diverse sins\, by multitude s of transgressions and great misdeeds\;* and I lie dead\, truly helpless. * Only my hope in Your tender compassion remains alive\, О Christ\,* who grants both breath and life to the dead and slays the passions which kill us.* Wherefore\, going before me\, rescue me from everlasting death.\n\nTo ne 4\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nRome puts you forward as a blossoming rose of sweet fragrance\,* perfuming the thoughts of the faithful with the scent of the virtues* and ever dispelli ng the stench of the passions by grace\,* O much-suffering Agrippina\, ado rnment of the martyrs\,* confirmation of the Church\, boast of virgins* an d abyss of miracles.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nYou\, who suffered in Rome\,* Christ our God ha s given to Sicily as riches beyond count\;* and having arrived there\, O g lorious martyr\,* you drive away the evil multitude of demons by your inte rcession.* Therefore\, we bless you and celebrate your suffering today\,* O much-suffering Agrippina.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* et ernally will His truth endure.\n\nBassa and Paula bore you on their should ers* at the command of Him who bears all things\,* moving you from place t o place* and making a long journey over the deep.* And working awesome mir acles through divine grace\, O martyr Agrippina\,* you came to rest in the place which God had appointed\,* becoming a place of rest for the heavy-l aden\, O most lauded one.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now…\n\nO Mistress\, take pity on me* who am bowed down beneath the assaults of the demons* and cas t into the pit of destruction\,* and establish me upon the rock of the vir tues\;* and dispelling the attacks of the enemy\,* grant that I may keep t he commandments of your Son and our God\,* that I may receive remission on the day of judgment.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nThe Lord hears me* when I cry out to Him.\n\nverse: Whenever I called\, the God of my justice heard me.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 3\n\nOur evening hymn do we bring to You\, O Chr ist\,* with incense and spiritual songs\,* have mercy on us and save our s ouls.\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 Go d until He has mercy on us.\n\nSave me\, O Lord my God for You are the sal vation of all:* The storm of the passions disquiets me\,* and the yoke of my transgressions weighs heavily upon me.* Stretch out Your helping hand a nd lead me up to the light of compunction\,* for You alone are compassiona te and the Lover of mankind.\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 rich\, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nGreat is the power of Your martyrs\, О Christ\;* for while lying in their graves they drive evil spirits away\;* and\, having struggled for piety with their faith in the Trinity\,* they abolished the authority of the enemy.\n\nTone 3\, Glor y… Now…\n\nO Theotokos\, holy among women\, O Mother unwedded:* entrea t the King and God whom you bore\,* that He save us\, insofar as He is the Lover of mankind.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4\n\nYour lamb\, Agrippina\, O Jesu s\, cries in a loud voice:* “You\, O my Bridegroom\, I love\; and\, seek ing You\, I undergo martyrdom.* And 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 sa crifice\,* sacrificed for You with love.”* Through her intercession in Y our mercy save our souls.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nLet us poor sinners hasten with fervour to the Mother of God\;* let us humbly kneel before her and s ay from the depth of our hearts:* O Lady\, be kind to us and help us.* Has ten\, for we are perishing under a multitude of sins.* Do not turn away yo ur servants empty-handed\,* for you are their only hope and protection.\n\ nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTropario n\, Tone 4: Your lamb\, Agrippina\, O Jesus\, cries in a loud voice:* “Y ou\, O my Bridegroom\, I love\; and\, seeking You\, I undergo martyrdom.* And 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 wi th love.”* Through her intercession in Your mercy save our souls.\n\nGlo ry be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ev er and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: We\, all the faithful\, have fou nd your shrine to be a place of spiritual healing\,* and we cry aloud to y ou: “O glorious virgin martyr\, Agrippina\,* pray unceasingly to Christ our God for all of us!”\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nGod is wonderful in H is saints\,* the God of Israel.\n\nverse: In the churches bless God\, the Lord from the fountains of Israel. (Psalm 67:36\,27)\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 14:9-18\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: With expectation I have waited for the Lord\, and He was attentive 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\nMatthew 12:14-16\, 22-30\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nRejoice in the Lord\, O you just\;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia\, allel uia\,* alleluia. 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