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SUMMARY:Wednesday\, July 8\, 2026  The Holy Great-Martyr Procopius
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\, Podob
 en “As one valiant among the martyrs…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, L
 ord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.
 \n\nYour name was given to you from heaven* as to a preacher to the nation
 s\, O most glorious Procopius\;* and\, illumined in mind\, you forsook the
  darkness of idolatry* and became a lamp for the faithful\,* illumining th
 e ends of the earth with the divine radiance of your honoured struggles\,*
  O glory and boast of the martyrs.\n\nI have waited for You as You have co
 mmanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted i
 n the Lord.\n\nHaving first subdued the uprisings of the flesh with abstin
 ence\,* you later set yourself apart for the contest with manly mind\,* th
 rough the power of the Spirit\, O most blessed Procopius\, not sparing you
 r flesh.* Wherefore\, you endured all manner of tortures\,* and\, crowned\
 , have ascended to the choirs on high.\n\nFrom the morning watch until nig
 ht* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nAs an invincible commander\, armed wi
 th the Cross\,* you drowned all the power of the adversary in the streams 
 of your blood\,* have richly poured forth showers of healing from the well
 -springs of salvation\, O right wondrous one\,* and water all who are held
  fast in the flame of the passions\,* O you who are divinely inspired.\n\n
 Tone 4\, Podoben “You have given a sign…”\n\nFor with the Lord there
  is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall red
 eem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nLike Paul of old\, you were called 
 from heaven by Jesus the Truth\, O all-glorious Procopius\;* and\, believi
 ng on Him\, with all your soul\, O blessed one\,* you forsook the falsehoo
 d and ungodly lies* bequeathed to you by your ancestors\,* and\, rejoicing
 \, set yourself apart for painful labours\,* enlightened by the thought of
  perfect suffering.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His g
 lory\, all you people.\n\nLacerated with a trident\, burned with fire* and
  imprisoned in a dungeon\, you remained steadfast\,* looking forward with 
 enlightened mind* to the divine rewards which lay before you\, O much suff
 ering martyr.* Wherefore\, Christ\, the Bestower of crowns\, has crowned y
 ou\, O Procopius\,* who completed your struggles and preserved the Faith.\
 n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endur
 e.\n\nTruly desiring the beauties of your divine soul\, O Procopius\,* Jes
 us pursued you with the image of the suffering which He endured in the fle
 sh\;* and your enemies marvelled at your patience and splendour.* Wherefor
 e\, O glorious one\, we call blessed you and those who suffered with you.*
  With them ask remission of sins for those who hymn you.\n\nTone 4\, Glory
 ….\n\nYour glorious memorial has shone forth today\, O much-suffering Pr
 ocopius\,* summoning us\, who love the feasts of the Church\,* to the good
 ly praise and glory of Christ our God.* Wherefore\, hastening to the shrin
 e of your relics\, we receive gifts of healings\,* and we forever hymn Chr
 ist the Saviour\, who has crowned you\,* glorifying Him unceasingly.\n\nTo
 ne 4\, Now… Podoben “Having set aside…”\n\nWhen the unblemished ew
 e-lamb\, the immaculate Mistress\,* beheld her Lamb upon the tree of the C
 ross\,* she cried out maternally and\, marvelling\, exclaimed:* “O my Ch
 ild most sweet\, what is this new and all-glorious sight?* How is it that 
 the thankless assembly has betrayed You to the tribunal of Pilate\, who ar
 e the life of all?* Yet I hymn Your ineffable condescension\, O Word!”\n
 \nAposticha\n\nTone 5\n\nО Lord\, of old\, in the time of Moses the Proph
 et\,* the image of Your Cross\, precisely revealed\, vanquished Your enemi
 es\;* and now\, possessed of that same Cross\, we ask Your help:* Strength
 en Your Church\, for the sake of Your great mercy\, О Lover of mankind!\n
 \nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold\, as the eye
 s of servants are on the hands of their masters\, as the eyes of a maid ar
 e on the hands of her mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until
  He has mercy on us.\n\nThough a tree visible by nature\, Your Cross\, О 
 Christ\, is invested with divine power\;* and tangibly revealed to the wor
 ld\,* it wondrously and noetically works our salvation.* Bowing down befor
 e it\, we glorify You\, О Saviour.* Have mercy on us!\n\nHave mercy on us
 \, O Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we have been filled with shame\; our so
 ul is all too full of the mockery of the rich\, of the contempt of the pro
 ud.\n\nPray for us\, О holy martyrs\,* that we may be delivered from our 
 iniquities\;* for to you have been given the grace* to make supplication o
 n our behalf.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nIllumined with the mystic effulgence
  of the all-radiant Trinity\,* O martyr Procopius of valiant mind\, you be
 came a god by adoption\, deified by communion. *Wherefore\, by your suppli
 cations save from multifarious perils those* who with faith celebrate your
  luminous festival.\n\nNow…\n\nTone 8\, Now… Podoben “O glorious won
 der…”\n\nSeeing You\, O Jesus\, nailed to the Cross\, voluntarily acce
 pting suffering\,* the Virgin\, Your Mother\, cried aloud\, O Master:* '
 ”Woe is me\, O my sweet Child!* How is it that you unjustly endure wound
 ing\,* O Physician who has healed men’s infirmity* and delivered all fro
 m corruption in Your lovingkindness?"\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nYour martyr
 \, Procopius\, O Lord\,* by his passion acquired the crown of incorruptibi
 lity from You\, our God.* For possessing Your power he overcame the tortur
 ers* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By his supplications\,
  save our souls.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin\, all immaculate Mother of
  Christ God\,* a sword pierced your all-holy soul* when you saw your Son a
 nd God willingly crucified.* Therefore\, O blessed One\,* never cease to p
 ray to Him* that He may grant us forgiveness of our sins.\n\nAT DIVINE LIT
 URGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: 
 Your martyr\, Procopius\, O Lord\,* by his passion acquired the crown of i
 ncorruptibility from You\, our God.* For possessing Your power he overcame
  the torturers* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By his supp
 lications\, save our souls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and t
 o the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2
 : As a bright and unerring star you appeared to the world* proclaiming wit
 h your rays the Sun\, that is\, Christ\, O martyr\, Procopius\,* and you h
 ave extinguished all error.* But to us you give light\, praying without ce
 asing for all of us.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nGod is wonderful in His sa
 ints\,* the God of Israel.\n\nverse: In the churches bless God\, the Lord 
 from the fountains of Israel. (Psalm 67:36\,27)\n\nEpistle\n\n1 Corinthian
 s 7:12-24\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: The just man shall flourish like 
 the palm tree\; and he shall grow like the cedar in Lebanon.\n\nverse: The
 y who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish the courts of ou
 r God. (Psalm 91:13\,14)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 14:35-15:11\n\nCommunion Hym
 n\n\nThe just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay h
 e shall have no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)
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