BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:564@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260826 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260827 DTSTAMP:20260811T031000Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/wednesday-august-26-2026-the-hol y-martyrs-adrian-and-natalia/ SUMMARY:Wednesday\, August 26\, 2026\; The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalia DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appoin ted psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “As one vali ant among the martyrs…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can sta nd?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nLifted up upo n the Cross\, pierced by a spear\,* Your fingers bloodied\, О supremely g ood Master\, You signed our emancipation\;* and tearing apart the record o f the sins of Adam\, our forefather\,* You freed human nature.* О Compass ionate One\, we hymn Your goodness\, which passes understanding.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your p romise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nWe hymn Your sufferings\, О Jesus our Master:* the Cross\, the spear and the reed\, the sponge and the nails\,* the beatings\, the purple robe and the crown of thorns\,* the sp ittings and mockery which You willingly endured.* I magnify Your long-suff ering\, О only Innocent One\, Bestower of life\,* and I glorify You with faith\, О Lover of mankind.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Is rael trust in the Lord.\n\nI bow down before Your precious Cross\, kissing it with love\, О Supremely good One\,* and I glorify Your condescension\ , boundless mercy\,* ineffable compassions and rich goodness\, which pass understanding\,* for thereby You have saved the race of mankind\,* which w as held fast in the darkness of transgressions.* Glory to Your crucifixion \, О Christ!\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “As one valiant among the martyrs… ”\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\nBehol ding the all-honoured suffering and the valiant feats of the martyrs\, O g lorious one\,* of your own will you gave yourself over to struggles with m anly mind\,* taking no pity on your flesh for the sake of divine love.* Th erefore\, you passed through valorous struggles\,* laying low the pride of the adversary\,* O patient-hearted Adrian.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the n ations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nImprisoned in dungeons\, beaten with thongs of ox-hide\,* weighted down with irons\, and crushed w ith stones\,* together with a multitude of martyrs\, O glorious one\,* wit h them you have received the blessings of heaven\,* having as companion yo ur spouse Natalia who trusted in God\,* O valiant Adrian.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nThe spouse of Adam caused him to be driven from paradise* through the counsel of the serpent\;* but Natalia all-wisely led Adrian to paradise with her sacred conversations\,* spurring him on with her teachings to endure painful suff erings\,* being a mediator for him of heavenly rewards* and everlasting gl ory.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nO holy pair\, elect of the Lord!* O eminent u nion blessed of God!* O longed-for couple\, beloved of Christ!* Who does n ot marvel\, hearing of their deeds which transcend man?* How did the femal e sex stand in manly manner against the arrogant tyrant and strengthen her husband\,* that he not give in to the wicked\, but choose to die for the Faith rather than to live?* O the divinely woven words of the all-wise Nat alia!* O the divine teachings which transcend the heavens* and which set t he glorious Adrian before the very throne of the great King whom he acknow ledged!* O holy couple\, pray to God for us who with love keep your memory \,* that we be delivered from temptations and all tribulations!\n\nNow…\ n\nO all-pure Mistress\, a sword pierced your heart\,* as Simeon said\, wh en you beheld Him who shone forth from you at the ineffable word of the Ar changel* as one condemned among transgressors\, lifted up on the Cross\,* given vinegar and gall to drink\, His side pierced\, His hands and feet na iled\;* and you exclaimed\, lamenting\, and crying out maternally:* 'What is this new mystery\, O my Child most sweet?\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 4\n\nYou have given Your Cross to us as an invincible weapon\, О Christ\;* and wi th it we triumph over the assaults of the alien one.\n\nI have lifted up m y 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 he r mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us. \n\nEver possessing Your Cross as a help\, О Christ\,* we easily trample underfoot the snares of the enemy.\n\nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, have mer cy on us\; for we have been filled with shame\; our soul is all too full o f the mockery of the rich\, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nAs you have b oldness before the Saviour\, О saints\,* unceasingly pray for us sinners\ ,* asking remission of transgressions and great mercy for our souls.\n\nTo ne 1 Glory…\n\nThe zeal of a pious man drew his God-loving wife to splen did teaching\;* for the eminent Adrian was drawn on by the words of Natali a* and finished the course of suffering.* O the ways of the God-loving wif e!* For she did not bring her husband corruption as did Eve to Adam\,* but mediated never-ending life for him.* Praising her with her husband\, we c ry out to Christ:* Through your holy prayers grant us help!\n\nNow…\n\nS tanding before the Cross of Your Son and God\,* and beholding His longsuff ering\,* weeping\, you said\, O pure Mother:* Alas\, O my Child most sweet \,* that You suffer these things unjustly\, O Word of God\,* that You migh t save mankind.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nYour holy martyrs\, Adrian and Na talia\, O Lord\,* through their sufferings have received their incorruptib le crowns from You\, our God!* For having Your strength\, they laid low th eir adversaries\,* and shattered the powerless boldness of demons.* Throug h their intercessions\, save our souls!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin\, a ll immaculate Mother of Christ God\,* a sword pierced your all-holy soul* when you saw your Son and God willingly crucified.* Therefore\, O blessed One\,* never cease to pray to Him* that He may grant us forgiveness of our sins.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\ n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: Be swayed by the pains that the saints have suffere d for You\, O Lord\,* and heal all our pains\,* O Lover of mankind\, for t his we pray.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spir it\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: Appearing as radiant lights\, O godly martyrs\,* you illumine all creation with the bri lliance of your miracles\,* healing infirmities\, always dispelling deep d arkness* and praying unceasingly to Christ our God for all of us.\n\nProke imenon\, Tone 4\n\nTo the saints who are in His land\, the Lord has made w onderful all His desires in them.\n\nverse: I foresaw the Lord in my sight \, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken. (Psalm 15:3\,8)\n\ nEpistle\n\n2 Corinthians 13:3-13\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: The just cried out and the Lord heard them\, and delivered them out of their afflic tions.\n\nverse: The afflictions of the just are many\, and out of them al l will the Lord deliver them. (Psalm 33:18\,20)\n\nGospel\n\nMark 4:35-41\ n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* o f evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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