BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:527@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260722 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260723 DTSTAMP:20260713T185434Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/wednesday-july-22-2026-the-holy- myrrhbearer-and-equal-to-the-apostles-mary-magdalene-return-of-the-relics- of-the-hieromartyr-phocas/ SUMMARY:Wednesday\, July 22\, 2026\; The Holy Myrrhbearer and Equal-to-the -Apostles Mary Magdalene\; Return of the Relics of the Hieromartyr Phocas DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 8\, Podob en “O all-glorious wonder…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who c an stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nBearing myrrh with tears\, O Mary Magdalene\,* on reaching the divine sepulchre y ou saw an angel of glory* who proclaimed the divine resurrection of the Be stower of life* and the deliverance of all.* Wherefore\, you hastened to m ake announcement to the eleven\, saying joyfully:* Leap up\, for Christ ha s risen!\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patientl y relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nServing Chr ist God\, who had become like to us for our sake\, O all-lauded one\,* and setting your soul and mind afire with continual radiance\, you became lig ht.* And\, beholding the strange vision of Him hanging upon the Cross\,* y ou said\, weeping:* “How is it that Life now accepts a voluntary death? ”\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n \nWe celebrate your sacred memory\, O you who learned of Christ* and who p reached His precepts for the deliverance of men’s souls\, O most gloriou s Mary\;* and we venerate with faith the shrine of your relics\,* which po urs forth inexhaustible grace and enlightenment* upon those who have recou rse to it with love\, O blessed of God.\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “You have gi ven a sign…”\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquit ies.\n\nYou offered yourself wholly to Him* who\, for your sake\, endured His salvific suffering\, O all-lauded father\,* and you made haste with di ligence* to be well-pleasing to Him in the blood of martyrdom* and to clea ve to Him.* Hence\, crowned by Him\, you have been glorified* and enriched by the working of miracles\, O all-wise one.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nBy your endurance of s uffering\, O Phocas\,* you cast down the arrogance of the iniquitous and t he worship of the demons\,* manifestly proclaiming the Saviour of all\,* i llumining the thoughts of the faithful* and dispelling the darkness of the vanity of idolatry* with the enlightenment of your miracles* and the sple ndour of your struggles\, O blessed of God.\n\nStrong is the love of the L ord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nWe who are beset by misf ortunes\,* by the waves of life and the abyss of transgressions\,* and are assailed by the tempest of grief\,* having you as a haven of salvation\, pray with faith:* by your supplications save us who honour your holy memor y* from every evil circumstance\,* entreating the Lord and Master\, who lo ves mankind.\n\nTone 6\, Glory…\n\nBeing the first to behold the divine resurrection of the First Cause of good things\,* who in the goodness of H is heart has deified our nature\,* O Mary Magdalene\, you showed yourself to be also the first evangelist\,* crying out to the apostles:* “Setting aside your grief\, take courage!* Come and behold the risen Christ* who g rants the world great mercy!”\n\nNow…\, Podoben “Having set all asid e…”\n\nThe unblemished ewe-lamb\, the immaculate Mistress\,* when of o ld she beheld her Lamb upon the tree of the Cross\,* exclaimed maternally and\, marvelling\, cried aloud:* “O my Child most sweet!* What is this n ew and all-glorious sight?* How have the thankless assembly betrayed You t o the tribunal of Pilate?* How does he condemn You to death\, who are the life of all?* Yet I hymn Your ineffable condescension\, O Word!”\n\nApos ticha\n\nTone 7\n\nNo longer are we forbidden the Tree of life\,* for we h ave Your Cross as our hope.* О Lord\, glory be to You!\n\nI have lifted u p 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.\n\nSuspended upon the Tree\, О Immortal One\,* You broke the snares o f the devil.* О Lord\, glory be to You!\n\nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, ha ve 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\nCaring nothing for all the things of earth\, О holy martyrs\,* and having manful ly preached Christ at the tribunal\,* you received from Him rewards for yo ur torments\;* but as you have boldness\, beseech Him\,* as the almighty G od\, that He save the souls of us who flee to you\, we pray.\n\nTone 8\, G lory…\n\nAs a disciple who faithfully ministered to Christ God\,* who in the excess of His compassion willingly assumed my poverty\,* Mary Magdale ne\, when she beheld Him stretched out upon the Tree and enclosed in the s epulchre\,* cried aloud\, shedding tears:* “What strange sight is this\, O You who give life to the dead?* How is it that You are reckoned among t he dead?* What myrrh shall I bring to You who have removed from me the ste nch of the demons?* What tears shall I shed for You who have wiped away th e tears of our first mother?”* Yet\, O King of all\, You appeared as a g ardener\,* taking away the burning heat with the dew of Your words\,* and said to her:* “Go to My brethren and declare to them the joy of glad tid ings\;* for I shall ascend to the Father\, My God and your God\,* that I m ay bestow great mercy upon the world!”\n\nNow…\, Podoben “O all-glor ious wonder…”\n\nSeeing You nailed to the Cross\, O Jesus\,* and volun tarily accepting suffering\,* the Virgin\, Your Mother\, O Master\, cried aloud:* “Woe is me\, O my sweet Child!* How is it that You unjustly endu re wounds\, O Physician who heals human weakness* and has delivered all fr om corruption* in Your lovingkindness?”\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 1\n\nThe hon ourable Mary Magdalen followed after Christ\,* who for our sake was born o f the Virgin\,* keeping His precepts and laws.* Wherefore\, celebrating yo ur most holy memory today\,* through your supplications we receive remissi on of sins.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nAs you shared in the ways of the apost les and occupied their throne\,* you found your activity to be a passage t o divine vision\,* O divinely inspired one.* Wherefore\, ordering the word of truth\,* you suffered for the faith even to the shedding of your blood .* O hieromartyr Phocas\, entreat Christ God\,* that our souls be saved.\n \nNow…\n\nO Virgin\, all immaculate Mother of Christ God\,* a sword pier ced 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 gra nt us forgiveness of our sins.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\n \nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion Tone 1: In keeping His commandments a nd laws\, holy Mary Magdalene\,* you followed Christ\, Who for our sake wa s born of a Virgin\,* and in celebrating your most holy memory today\,* we receive forgiveness of sins by your prayers!\n\nGlory be to the Father an d to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\n Kontakion Tone 4: When God\, Who is transcendent in Essence\,* came with f lesh into the world\, Myrrhbearer\,* He received you as a true disciple fo r you turned all your love toward Him\;* henceforth you would yourself wor k many healings.* Now that you have passed into heaven\, never cease to in tercede for the world!\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nGod is wonderful in His saints\,* the God of Israel.\n\nverse: In the churches bless God\, the Lor d from the fountains of Israel. (Psalm 67:36\,27)\n\nEpistle\n\n1 Corinthi ans 13:4-14:5\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: With expectation I have waite d for the Lord\, and He was attentive to me\, and He heard my prayer.\n\nv erse: He brought me out of the pit of misery and the mud of the swamp. (Ps alm 39:2\,3)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 20:1-16\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just ma n shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear*. Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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