BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:599@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTSTAMP:20260918T224730Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/tuesday-september-29-2026-our-ve nerable-father-cyriacus-the-anchorite/ SUMMARY:Tuesday\, September 29\, 2026\; Our Venerable Father Cyriacus the Anchorite. DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appoint ed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\, Podoben “What shall w e call you\, O holy ones?...”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nHaving cu rbed the passions with the bridle of abstinence\, O wonderworker Cyriacus\ ,* you robed yourself in the radiant garment of dispassion\,* and laid bar e all the malice of him that of old stripped our first parents naked\;* an d now you make your abode in paradise\, ever rejoicing.* Pray that our sou ls be saved.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul pati ently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nHaving curbed the passions with the bridle of abstinence\, O wonderworker Cyriacu s\,* you robed yourself in the radiant garment of dispassion\,* and laid b are all the malice of him that of old stripped our first parents naked\;* and now you make your abode in paradise\, ever rejoicing.* Pray that our s ouls be saved.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nBearing the Cross upon your shoulders\, you followed after Ch rist\,* scorning the pleasures of life with unrelenting thought\,* and hav ing slain the passions of the flesh with intense vigils and prayers\,* you received the grace to heal infirmities\, O venerable one.* Pray that our souls be saved.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there i s plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquiti es.\n\nBearing the Cross upon your shoulders\, you followed after Christ\, * scorning the pleasures of life with unrelenting thought\,* and having sl ain the passions of the flesh with intense vigils and prayers\,* you recei ved the grace to heal infirmities\, O venerable one.* Pray that our souls be saved.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nO venerable Cyriacus\, you lived in the desert making bitt er herbs your food\,* and\, embittering your senses\, you uprooted the pas sions of your soul\, O blessed one.* That is why\, having lived angelicall y\, you have received heavenly delight after Your repose.* Pray that our s ouls be saved.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nO venerable Cyriacus\, you lived in the desert making bitter herbs your food\,* and\, embittering your senses\, you uprooted th e passions of your soul\, O blessed one.* That is why\, having lived angel ically\, you have received heavenly delight after Your repose.* Pray that our souls be saved.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nWe honour you\, O our father C yriacus\, instructor of a multitude of monks\,* for we have truly come to know the straight way by following your steps.* Blessed are you for having laboured for Christ\,* you triumphed over the power of the enemy\, O you that converses with angels\,* companion of the venerable and the righteous .* With them entreat the Lord to have mercy upon our souls.\n\nNow…\n\nW ith faith I hasten to your protection\, О pure Theotokos.* Save me from p erils and misfortunes\,* from the confusion of the passions* and the malic e of the demons.* For\, possessed of an abyss of mercy\,* you have been sh own to be a mediatrix of salvation\, О Lady\,* who has given birth to the only merciful\, all-compassionate\,* and abundantly kind-hearted God.\n\n Aposticha\n\nTone 1\n\nGreat is the abyss of my many transgressions\, О S aviour\,* and I am grievously engulfed because of my offenses.* Grant me Y our hand\, as You did to Peter\, О God.* Save me and have mercy upon me!\ n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold\, as the ey es of servants are on the hands of their masters\, as the eyes of a maid a re on the hands of her mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God unti l He has mercy on us.\n\nIn that I have been condemned for wicked thoughts and deeds\, О Saviour\,* grant me the thought of returning to You\, О G od\,* that I may cry aloud: Save me\, О good Benefactor\,* and have mercy upon me!\n\nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we have be en filled with shame\; our soul is all too full of the mockery of the rich \, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nThe confession you made before the tri bunal reviled the power of the demons\,* and freed mankind from delusion\, О saints.* Wherefore\, when you were beheaded you cried aloud:* О Lord\ , may the sacrifice of our lives be well-pleasing to You\,* for having lov ed You\, we have spurned this transitory life\,* О Lover of mankind.\n\nT one 6\, Glory…\n\nO venerable father\, report of your corrections has go ne forth throughout all the earth.* That is why in the heavens you have fo und the reward of your labours\;* you destroyed hordes of demons and attai ned to the ranks of the angels\,* whose life you emulated blamelessly.* As you have boldness before the Lord\, beg peace for our souls.\n\nNow…\n\ nWith faith I hasten to your protection\, О pure Theotokos.* Save me from perils and misfortunes\, from the confusion of the passions and the malic e of the demons.* For\, possessed of an abyss of mercy\,* you have been sh own to be a mediatrix of salvation\,* О Lady\,* who has given birth to th e only merciful\, all-compassionate and abundantly kind-hearted God.\n\nTr oparia\n\nTone 1\n\nYou were shown to be a desert dweller\, an angel in th e flesh\,* and a wonderworker\, O our God-bearing father Cyriacus\;* havin g received heavenly gifts through fasting\, vigil and prayer\,* you healed the infirmities and souls of them that in faith have recourse to you!* Gl ory to Him that gave you strength!* Glory to Him that crowned you!* Glory to Him that through you works healings for all!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou have borne the fire of the Godhead without being burned\;* you have given birth to the Lord\, the Source life\,* O Mother of God and woman full of g race\,* save all those who exalt you.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORN ING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: The divine image was f aithfully preserved in you\, O father\,* for taking up the Cross you follo wed Christ.* By your deeds you have taught us to see beyond flesh\, which passes\,* and care for the soul\, a thing immortal.* and so\, O Venerable Cyriacus\,* your spirit rejoices with the angels.\n\nGlory be to the Fathe r and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen. \n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: Divinely armed with purity of spirit* and mightily wielding the lance of unceasing prayers\,* you overcame the powers of dem ons\,* Venerable Cyriacus\, pray without ceasing for all of us.\n\nProkeim enon\, Tone 7\n\nPrecious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His ven erable ones.\n\nverse: What shall I render to the Lord for all the things He has rendered to me? (Psalm 115:15\,12)\n\nEpistle\n\nPhilippians 1:8-14 \n\nAlleluia\, Tone 6\n\nverse: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord\; he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments.\n\nverse: His posterity sh all be mighty upon the earth. (Psalm 111:1\,2)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 5:12-16\n \nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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