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SUMMARY:Tuesday\, September 22\, 2026\; The Holy Hieromartyr Phocas\, Bisho
 p of Sinope\; The Holy Apostle Codratus of Magnesia (moved to this day bec
 ause of the Leave-taking of the Exaltation yesterday)\; The Holy Prophet J
 onah\; The Venerable Jonah the Presbyter.
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\, Podobe
 n “Called from on high…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can 
 stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nO glorious
  Codratus\, as a sacred hierarch\,* as a divine preacher\, as a divinely c
 hosen witness of the sufferings of Christ\,* and a co-heir of the ineffabl
 e glory which is to be revealed\,* you have most wisely preached the sacre
 d Gospel\, O most sacred one\,* and with light have guided them that are i
 n the darkness of ignorance.* Therefore\, joyously keeping festival\, we h
 onour your most sacred and holy memory\,* O blessed God-bearer.\n\nI have 
 waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your pr
 omise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nHaving most gloriously been ta
 ught divine things\,* like the sun you traversed the earth in the lightnin
 g flashes of your preaching\,* O initiate of the sacred mysteries\,* and e
 nlightened the souls of them that were in darkness\,* and thus drove away 
 the prince of darkness and his terrible demons\,* who could not endure the
  radiance\, or the divine grace\,* or the all-accomplishing activity of th
 e Spirit which dwelled within you\,* O sacred hierarch Codratus\, blessed 
 intercessor for them that praise you.\n\nFrom the morning watch until nigh
 t* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nStrengthened by your confession of God
 \,* adorned with the beauties of wounds\,* driven from your Athenian flock
  by wicked men\, O most blessed one\,* like a saving spring you watered th
 e earth* and showed forth as fertile hearts that before were frozen by the
  darkness of vanity\,* in that you are an apostle and a disciple of Christ
 \,* O sacred hierarch Codratus most true\, supplicant in behalf of them th
 at praise you.\n\nTone 1\, Podoben “Joy of the ranks of heaven…”\n\n
 For with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redempt
 ion\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nHaving cast 
 down the vanity of idols by your sacred discourse\,* you made unstable hea
 rts steadfast by faith and guided them to life\, O hierarch\,* and having 
 suffered under the law\,* you became a martyr of the Lord\, O Phocas.\n\nP
 raise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n
 \nHaving dyed your sacred vesture in the blood of your sacred body\, O mos
 t sacred father\,* you truly received from Christ a twofold crown\, most b
 lessed one\,* and with the angels you hold chorus in the heavens\,* prayin
 g that we be saved.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally 
 will His truth endure.\n\nYou illumine the whole world with the rays of yo
 ur miracles\, O father\;* you ever help them that are at sea\, and dispel 
 the carnal weakness of every soul\,* having received grace from the Lord\,
 * O divinely blessed martyr Phocas.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nFrom your chil
 dhood you loved the Lord\, O most blessed Phocas\, wise hieromartyr\,* for
 \, taking the weapon of the Cross upon your shoulders\,* you unwaveringly 
 travelled the path of salvation\,* and by Him you were shown to be one tha
 t dwells with the angels\,* an opponent of the demons\, and a most radiant
  intercessor for the world.\n\nNow…\n\nDeliver us from our needs\, * O M
 other of Christ God\, * you who have given birth to the Creator of all\, *
  that we all may cry out to you: * Rejoice\, who alone are the intercessor
  for our souls!\n\nProkeimenon\n\nTone 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 8\n\nThe angels unceasingly hymn You\, the King and M
 aster\;* and I fall down before You\, crying like the publican:* Cleanse m
 e\, О God\, and have mercy upon me!\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You en
 throned in heaven. Behold\, as the eyes of servants are on the hands of th
 eir 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.\n\nAs you are i
 mmortal\, О my soul\,* let not the waves of life engulf you\,* but rise u
 p\, crying out to your Benefactor:* Cleanse me\, О God\, and save me!\n\n
 Have mercy on us\, O Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we have been filled wit
 h shame\; our soul is all too full of the mockery of the rich\, of the con
 tempt of the proud.\n\nО martyrs of the Lord\, entreat our God\,* and ask
  for our souls a multitude of compassions* and the cleansing of our many t
 ransgressions\, we beseech you.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nRejoice\, praise of 
 the universe!* Rejoice\, temple of the Lord!* Rejoice\, mountain overshado
 wed!* Rejoice\, refuge of all!* Rejoice\, golden candlestick!* Rejoice\, h
 onoured glory of the Orthodox!* Rejoice\, Mary\, Mother of Christ God!* Re
 joice\, paradise!* Rejoice\, divine table!* Rejoice\, tabernacle!* Rejoice
 \, golden jar!* Rejoice\, hope of all!\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 3\n\nO holy apo
 stle Codratus\,* intercede with the all-merciful God* that He may grant us
  forgiveness of our sins.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nYou participated in the 
 ways of the apostles\,* and were enthroned as their successor!* You discov
 ered action an entrance into vision\,* inspired one of God.* Therefore dir
 ecting the word of truth\,* you suffered for the faith to the shedding of 
 your blood!* Bishop and Martyr Phocas\, pray to Christ God that our souls 
 may be saved!\n\nNow…\n\nLet us poor sinners hasten with fervour to the 
 Mother of God\;* let us humbly kneel before her and say from the depth of 
 our hearts:* O Lady\, be kind to us and help us.* Hasten\, for we are peri
 shing under a multitude of sins.* Do not turn away your servants empty-han
 ded\,* for you are their only hope and protection.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON
  TUESDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Having sh
 ared the way of life of the apostles\,* and having become a successor to t
 heir thrones\,* labouring you found the divinely inspired way to contempla
 tion.* Therefore\, forthrightly ministering the word of truth\,* you shed 
 your blood for the faith\, O hieromartyr\, Phocas.* Intercede with Christ 
 our God for the salvation of our souls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to t
 he Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontak
 ion\, Tone 4: Having piously lived among the hierarchs\,* and having trod 
 the path of suffering\,* you extinguished the sacrifices to idols* and wer
 e a defender for your flock\, O godly one.* Therefore\, venerating you\, w
 e sincerely cry to you:* “Rescue us from dangers by your prayers\, O our
  father\, Phocas.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nThe venerable ones will exult
  in glory* and they shall be joyful in their beds.\n\nverse: Sing to the L
 ord a new song\; let His praise be in the assembly of the venerable ones. 
 (Psalm 149:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nEphesians 5:20-26\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nv
 erse: Your priests shall clothe themselves with justice\, and Your venerab
 le ones shall rejoice.\n\nverse: For the Lord has chosen Sion\; He has cho
 sen it for His dwelling. (Psalm 131:9\,13)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 3:23-4:1\n\nC
 ommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of ev
 il hearsay he shall have no fear*. Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm
  111:6)
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