Tuesday, November 17, 2026; Our Holy Father Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesarea, Wonderworker.

When

November 17, 2026

All Day

Nativity Fast

AT VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING

Kathisma Reading

The appointed psalms are chanted.

At Psalm 140

Tone 8

If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.

What shall we call you, Gregory?* Master, for you subjected the passions to your mind!* Husbandman, for you reaped the fruit of wisdom!* One granted the vision of God and taught with heavenly theology!* A sacred performer of the mysteries* and most wondrous worker of miracles!* Pray that our souls may be saved!

I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.

From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.

What shall I now call you, Gregory?* Mighty destroyer of godless impiety,* setting forth the laws of true worship!* Wise teacher and bestower of invincible peace!* Unvanquished conqueror of armies!* One who ever dwells in the mountains,* beholding those living in the cities!* Pray that our souls may be saved!

For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.

What shall I now proclaim you, venerable one?* You followed the apostles as a worker of miracles!* You restrained the river by calling on Christ,* drying up the lake which was the cause of contention between brethren!* You dispersed the ungodly congregation,* increasing and enlightening Christian assemblies!* Pray that our souls may be saved!

Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.

What now shall I proclaim you, O venerable one?* Guide of them that are astray and physician of the ailing,* bestower of an abundance of necessities upon them that ask,* most mighty persecutor of demons,* one who urged the struggle of martyrdom,* and was prophetically illumined with graces, O right glorious one.* Pray that our souls be saved.

Tone 6, Glory…

You most wisely embarked upon the depths of knowledge, hierarch of Christ! * You acquired the vision of the Trinity, foreseeing steadfastly in the spirit Christ our God!* You poured forth on us a flood of miracles, making solid the watery nature of the sea,* changing the pagan priest’s dark delusion to belief!* You persuaded the persecutors truly to believe,* revealing yourself to them as a pillar of virtue!* You were called a prophet through your miracles!* Therefore we beseech you, ever pray for us to the Saviour* that our souls may be saved!

Now…

О most holy Virgin, show forth upon me, the wretched one,* the depths of your love for mankind,* the abyss of your tender compassion, and the countless compassions of thy goodness.* Mow down the stubble of sin, granting me chastity,* and preserve my body and soul undefiled,* О you who have given birth to the Saviour.

Aposticha

Tone 8

The angels unceasingly hymn You, the King and Master;* and I fall down before You, crying like the publican:* Cleanse me, О God, and have mercy upon me!

I 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.

As you are immortal, О my soul,* let not the waves of life engulf you,* but rise up, crying out to your Benefactor:* Cleanse me, О God, and save me!

Have 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.

О martyrs of the Lord, entreat our God,* and ask for our souls a multitude of compassions* and the cleansing of our many transgressions, we beseech you.

Tone 6, Glory…

The watchfulness of God was given you, wise one,* as it was to Daniel the prophet: * For as a dream was revealed to him, * so the mystery of the faith was disclosed to you!* Therefore, venerable Father, pray that our souls may be saved!

Now…

No one that flees to you, O most pure Virgin Theotokos,* departs from you ashamed;* for those that ask grace of you,* ever receives a gift for their profitable petition.

Troparia

Tone 3

You became worthy of your name through your way of life,* through assiduous prayers and constant works of mercy.* Therefore, O holy father Gregory, intercede with Christ our God that He may enlighten our minds,* lest we go to sleep in sin which leads to death.

Glory… Now…

O Mother of God, powerful protectress of the world,* you are our shelter and you are our strength.* Through your intercession, protect your servants against all dangers,* for you are the only blessed One!

AT DIVINE LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORNING

Troparia and Kontakia

Troparion, Tone 4: The truth of your deeds made you for your flock a rule of faith* and an image of meekness,* a teacher of continence.* And so you gained the heights through humility,* riches through poverty,* father and bishop, Gregory.* Intercede with Christ, our God,* for the salvation of our souls.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.

Kontakion, Tone 2: O thunder of justice, spiritual trumpet,* planter of faith and destroyer of heresies,* servant of the Trinity, great hierarch Gregory,* forever standing in the company of the angels,* pray without ceasing for all of us.

Prokeimenon, Tone 7

The just man shall be glad in the Lord and shall hope in Him.

verse: Hear, O God, my voice when I make my petition to You. (Psalm 63:11,2)

Epistle

1 Timothy 1:8-14

Alleluia, Tone 1

verse: With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and He was attentive to me, and He heard my prayer.

verse: He brought me out of the pit of misery and the mud of the swamp. (Psalm 39:2,3)

Gospel

Luke 14:25-35

Communion Hymn

The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)