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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260701
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SUMMARY:Wednesday\, July 1\, 2026\;  The Holy Unmercenaries and Wonderworke
 rs Cosmas and Damian
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appoin
 ted psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\, Podoben: “Joy of the
  ranks of heaven ...”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?*
  But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nWith rays of mira
 cles dispel every infirmity of our sicknesses\,* freely extending grace to
  us\,* and enrich us with the gifts of the Master* who has taken on His sh
 oulders* the afflictions of mortals on earth.\n\nI have waited for You as 
 You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it ha
 s trusted in the Lord.\n\nHaving first been trained well as physicians\,* 
 you cleansed away the illnesses of all with faith\;* and in later times\, 
 having armed yourselves spiritually\,* you divinely dispel the symptoms* o
 f spiritual sickness.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel tr
 ust in the Lord.\n\nHaving received grace freely from Christ God\,* you he
 al the ailments of all without fee\, O unmercenary ones\,* and cleanse not
  only our infirmities\,* but even reasonably treat cattle\,* in that you a
 re merciful.\n\nTone 4\, Podoben: “You have given a sign ...”\n\nFor w
 ith the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;
 * and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nLike rivers in fu
 ll flood* and manifestly overflowing with spiritual waters\,* you irrigate
  creation with divine signs and the all-glorious gifts of healing\,* dry u
 p soul-corrupting passions\,* heal infirmities\, and expel evil spirits\,*
  O God-bearing unmercenaries\,* intercessors for our souls.\n\nPraise the 
 Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nHaving s
 ubdued the irrational passions\, O holy ones\,* with spiritual powers\, yo
 u impart well-being to men and cattle\,* having been enriched by Christ wi
 th the gift of healings.* Therefore\, celebrating your sacred and radiant 
 solemnity\,* we ask cleansing for our souls.\n\nStrong is the love of the 
 Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nYour divine temple has 
 been shown to be like a splendid heaven of salvation\,* which now displays
  salvific miracles like stars\,* and the divine working of healings like a
  radiant sun\,* O all-blessed Cosmas and all-glorious Damian\, servants of
  the Lord* and intercessors for our souls.\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nBoundle
 ss is the grace of the saints\, which they have received from Christ.* The
 refore\, their relics continually work miracles by the power of God\,* and
  their names\, when invoked with faith\, heal incurable sicknesses.* Throu
 gh them\, O Lord\, free us also from the passions of soul and body\,* in t
 hat You love mankind.\n\nNow… Podoben: “Having set all aside ...”\n\
 nOf old\, the unblemished ewe-lamb\, the immaculate Mistress\,* beheld her
  Lamb upon the tree of the Cross.* She exclaimed maternally and cried out\
 , marvelling:* O Child most sweet\, what is this new and all-glorious sigh
 t?* How is it that the ungrateful assembly* has given You over to the judg
 ment seat of Pilate* and condemns the Life of all to death?* Yet I hymn Yo
 ur ineffable condescension\, O Word!\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 1\n\nYour mercy
 \, O Lord\, shall follow me* all the days of my life.\n\nverse: The Lord i
 s my shepherd\, I shall not want. In green pastures He gives me repose.\n\
 nAposticha\n\nTone 4\n\nYou have given Your Cross to us as an invincible w
 eapon\, О Christ\;* and with it we triumph over the assaults of the alien
  one.\n\nI 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 Go
 d until He has mercy on us.\n\nEver possessing Your Cross as a help\, О C
 hrist\,* we easily trample underfoot the snares of the enemy.\n\nHave merc
 y 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.\n\nAs you have boldness before the Saviour\, О saints\,* uncea
 singly pray for us sinners\,* asking remission of transgressions and great
  mercy for our souls.\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nEver having Christ working w
 ithin you\, O holy unmercenaries\,* you work wonders in the world and heal
  the sick.* For your healing is an inexhaustible wellspring:* drawn from\,
  it flows in abundance\; and poured forth\, it gushes forth\,* flowing eve
 ry day in great quantity\, granting healing to all\, yet remains undrained
 .* And those who draw forth from it are filled with healing\, yet it remai
 ns full.* What\, therefore\, shall we call you?* Healing physicians of sou
 ls and bodies?* Healers of incurable sufferings who heal all* and have rec
 eived this gift from Christ the Saviour\,* who grants great mercy to us.\n
 \nNow…\n\nSeeing You crucified\, O Christ\,* she who gave You birth crie
 d out:* What is this strange mystery which I behold\, O my Son?* How is it
  that You die\, suspended in the flesh upon the Tree\,* O Bestower of life
 ?\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4\n\nToday the people sing to God on high* because H
 e gave us doctors who practiced without fee.* Let us sing to the holy Cosm
 as and glorious Damian:* Since you have been given the grace to cure so fr
 eely\, distribute it freely among those who venerate you.\n\nGlory… Now
 …\n\nO Virgin\, all immaculate Mother of Christ God\,* a sword pierced y
 our all-holy soul* when you saw your Son and God willingly crucified.* The
 refore\, 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\nTro
 paria and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Today the people sing to God on 
 high* because He gave us doctors who practiced without fee.* Let us sing t
 o the holy Cosmas and glorious Damian:* Since you have been given the grac
 e to cure so freely\, distribute it freely among those who venerate you.\n
 \nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and f
 or ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: Receiving the grace to heal
  from the source of miracles\,* you generously used it for those who calle
 d on you.* Visit us in our spiritual and physical needs\,* holy doctors Co
 smas and Damian\,* and seek mercy from Christ our God for us.\n\nProkeimen
 on\, Tone 4\n\nTo the saints who are in His land\,* the Lord has made wond
 erful all His desires in them.\n\nverse: I foresaw the Lord always in my s
 ight\, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken. (Psalm 15:3\,8
 )\n\nEpistle\n\n1 Corinthians 2:9-3:8\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: Behol
 d\, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together.\n\nver
 se: For the Lord confers His blessing and life for ever. (Psalm 132:1\,3)\
 n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 13:31-36\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nRejoice in the Lord\, O
  you just\;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia
 .
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