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SUMMARY:Tuesday\, May 5\, 2026\; The Holy and Glorious Martyr Irene\; Our V
 enerable Father Nicephoras\, Hegumen of the Monastery at Medicius.
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed
  psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\n\nIf You mark iniquities\,
  Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revere
 d.\n\nThe Word\, who is consubstantial with God the Father\,* has fashione
 d all things and grants life to all\,* assuming flesh from the Virgin\, an
 d willingly becoming a man.* Since He is by nature good\,* He has poured f
 orth for all His wise teachings* of ineffable wisdom.\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\nAs the Law’s Master You entered the co
 urt of the temple\,* there You taught at Mid-feast\, as is written\, O Chr
 ist\;* speaking with authority\, You rebuked and censure the mindless scri
 bes\,* and all were amazed by the wisdom found in Your words* and by all t
 he marvels that were wrought by You.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night
 * let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nChrist\, the Bestower of Wisdom\, the G
 iver of all good things\,* who pours forth divine streams from a never-end
 ing spring\,* cries out: Come to Me\, all you that thirst\,* draw forth an
 d drink the water of life.* And thus shall rivers of grace and divine gift
 s* issue freely from within yourselves.\n\nTone 1\n\nFor with the Lord the
 re is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall r
 edeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nSplendidly arrayed\, O most honou
 red one\,* in a robe empurpled with your blood\,* you hastened to Him whom
  you desired\,* the King\, Creator\, and Lord of all\,* from whom you have
  truly received a crown of victory.* With Him you now reign as a virgin an
 d martyr\,* O greatly suffering one.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\
 ;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nYou endured the raging of the b
 urning fire\, O all-praised one\,* and the laceration of your whole body\,
 * looking forward to heavenly rewards which Jesus alone has prepared* for 
 those who love Him and fervently desire Him* as the most comely Bridegroom
  of our souls\,* O most honoured one.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord fo
 r us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nRevelling in the love of Chris
 t\,* you despised the gods of the pagans* and their inanimate graven image
 s\, O glorious Irene.* To those who watched you\, you showed yourself to b
 e* a most manifest pillar of the knowledge of God\,* in that you suffered\
 , finished your race* and preserve the faith undefiled.\n\nTone 2\, Glory
 … Now…\n\nWhen You came into the temple at Mid-feast\, O Christ God\,*
  You taught the people\, saying:* He that believes in Me\, though he die\,
  yet shall he live.* And the Jews\, together with the Pharisees and Sadduc
 ees and Scribes\,* gnashed their teeth\, and said:* Who is this man that s
 peaks blasphemies?* For they knew not that You are He who are glorified fr
 om before all ages\,* together with the Father and the Spirit\,* O our God
 \, glory be to You.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 4\n\nYou annulled the sentence of
  the tree of disobedience\, O Saviour\,* by being nailed willingly to the 
 Tree of the Cross.* And by descending into Hades\, O Mighty One\,* as God 
 You rent asunder the bonds of death.* Therefore\, we worship Your Resurrec
 tion from the dead\,* while crying out in gladness:* O Almighty Lord\, glo
 ry be to You.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Beho
 ld\, as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters\, as the ey
 es of a maid are on the hands of her mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lor
 d our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nWhat man who is tempest-tossed and 
 hastens to this blessed haven is not saved?* Who\, falling down in afflict
 ion and entreaty at the infirmary of healing\, is not healed?* O You\, Cre
 ator of all things and Physician of the ailing\,* O Lord\, before I utterl
 y perish\, save me.\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 o
 f the rich\, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nO You who accepted the patie
 nt endurance of the holy martyrs\,* accept also this hymnody from us\, O L
 over of mankind.* By their entreaties\, grant us great mercy.\n\nTone 3\, 
 Glory… Now…\n\nAt Mid-feast we glorify Him who has wrought salvation i
 n the midst of the earth.* In the midst of two thieves did Life hang upon 
 a Tree\;* He was silent to the one that blasphemed\,* but to the other who
  believed\, He cried aloud saying:* Today you shall be with Me in Paradise
 .* Having descended into the grave\, He despoiled Hades\,* and arose on th
 e third day\, saving our souls.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4\n\nYour lamb\, Pelag
 ia\, O Jesus\, cries in a loud voice:* “You\, 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 wit
 h You.* And I die on Your behalf that I may live in You.* Receive me as a 
 spotless sacrifice\,* sacrificed for You with love.”* Through her interc
 ession in Your mercy save our souls.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nAt the
  mid-point of the Feast\, O Saviour\,* water my thirsty soul with streams 
 of true godliness\;* for You cried out to all: Let any who thirst\, come t
 o Me and drink.* Source of life\, Christ our God\, glory to You!\nAT DIVIN
 E LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORNING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed be 
 the Kingdom… and the people have responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing the 
 Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing th
 e first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChrist 
 is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the 
 tombs* giving life.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: At the
  mid-point of the Feast\, O Saviour\,* water my thirsty soul with streams 
 of true godliness\;* for You cried out to all: Let any who thirst\, come t
 o Me and drink.* O Source of Life\, Christ our God\, glory to You!\n\nGlor
 y be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for
  ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: At the mid-point of the Feast
  according to the Law\,* Maker of all things and Master\,* You said to tho
 se present\, O Christ God:* Come\, and draw the water of immortality.* And
  so we fall before You crying out with faith: Grant us Your mercies \, for
  You are the source of our life.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nGreat is our L
 ord\, and great is His strength\;* and of His knowledge there is no end.\n
 \nverse: Praise the Lord\, for a psalm is good\; may praise be sweet to Hi
 m. (Psalm 146:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 12:25-13:12\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\
 nverse: Remember Your congregation which You acquired from the beginning.\
 n\nverse: But God is our king before the ages\; He has wrought salvation i
 n the midst of the earth. (Psalm 73:2\,12)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 8:51-59\n\nHy
 mn to the Theotokos\n\nVirginity is alien to mothers and child-bearing is 
 foreign to virgins\; yet in you\, O Mother of God\, both of them came toge
 ther. Therefore\, we and all the nations of the earth without ceasing magn
 ify you.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThose who eat My flesh and drink My blood* a
 bide in Me and I in them\, says the Lord.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia
 . (John 6:56)\n\nInstead of Blessed is He Who comes… we sing:\n\nChrist 
 is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the 
 tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of We have seen the true light… we sing:\
 n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to tho
 se in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of May our mouths be filled… we
  sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by 
 death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of Blessed be 
 the name of the Lord… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the d
 ead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.
 \n\nAt the dismissal\, instead of Glory be to the Father and the Son and t
 he Holy Spirit\, now and forever and ever. Amen. we chant:\n\nChrist is ri
 sen from the dead\, trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs 
 giving life.\n\nAfter the final Amen\, the Troparion Christ is risen is su
 ng as at the beginning of the Liturgy\, but with the addition:\n\nAnd to u
 s He has granted life eternal\;* we bow down before His resurrection on th
 e third day.
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