BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:486@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260610 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260611 DTSTAMP:20260607T201305Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/wednesday-june-10-2026-the-holy- hieromartyr-timothy-bishop-of-prussa/ SUMMARY:Wednesday\, June 10\, 2026\; The Holy Hieromartyr Timothy\, Bishop of Prussa. DESCRIPTION:Apostle’s Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain t hese ingredients\n\nAT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nT he appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You m ay be revered.\n\nNailed to the Cross as a man\, О Christ God\,* You deif ied human nature and slay the serpent\, the author of evil.* Becoming accu rsed in that You are compassionate\,* You freed us from the curse which ha s its origin in the tree.* And You came that You might give blessing* and great mercy to all.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my so ul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\n Though You are exalted far above all honour\, О Master\,* You deigned to be dishonoured\, enduring a violent death upon the Tree\,* that when You d ied in the flesh\, О Almighty\,* through it the race of mankind might emb race immortality* and receive again its primal life.\n\nFrom the morning w atch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nО most precious Cross\ , purification of all the faithful\,* sanctify all who bow down before you and glorify Christ\,* who stretched out His most pure hands upon you in H is ineffable loving-kindness\,* and who has gathered together all the ends of the earth.\n\nTone 4\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Hi m there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nElevated above earthly things by your active purifications * like an animate cloud\, O most blessed one\,* you cast down the perverse serpent with the thunder-claps of your miracles* and the awesome lightnin g flashes of your words\,* and you received the grace to burn up the bowel s of the adverse carnal serpents* with the divine covering of the sacred G ifts.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nO holy hierarch Timothy\, boast of the people of Prussia\,* un iversal champion and beacon of the world\,* adornment of the Church\, sacr ed sacrifice of faith\,* and precious and lustrous ornament of the martyrs :* pray that those who celebrate your most honoured memory with faith* may be delivered from corruption and misfortunes.\n\nStrong is the love of th e Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nWith your pangs\, O T imothy\,* you wove an all-comely garment dyed in your blood\,* and have in effably received from on high* heavenly vesture of incorrupt purity and im mutable life.* Wearing this immaterial robe in the highest\,* pray in beha lf of all who praise you with piety\, O athlete.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nTen thousand times have I promised repentance for my offenses\, O all-pure on e\,* yet I do not forsake the way of evil which I have come to love\;* whe refore\, I cry out to you* and fall down in supplication:* Rescue me\, O M istress\, from such tyranny\,* guiding me to better things* which lead to salvation.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 1\n\nYour mercy\, O Lord\, shall follow m e* all the days of my life.\n\nverse: The Lord is my shepherd\, I shall no t want. In green pastures He gives me repose.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 1\n\nTh e Cross was set up on Golgotha\,* and has blossomed forth immortality for us from the ever-flowing fountain* of the Saviour’s side.\n\nI have lift ed 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 hand s of her mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nThe precious Cross of the Saviour is for us an indestructible r ampart\;* for\, placing our trust therein\,* we all are saved.\n\nHave mer cy 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\nО how good was your barter\, О saints!* For you traded yo ur blood and inherited heavenly things\;* and having undergone trials for a time\, you rejoice everlastingly.* Of a truth your commerce was good!* F or\, having forsaken corruptible things\, you received those things which were incorrupt\;* and joining chorus with the angels\, you unceasingly hym n* the consubstantial Trinity.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nUpon beholding the La mb lifted up upon the Cross\,* the immaculate Virgin cried aloud\, weeping :* “O my Child most sweet\, what is this new and most glorious sight?* H ow is it that You who hold all things in Your hand* have been nailed to th e Tree in the flesh?”\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4\n\nHaving shared the way of life of the apostles\,* and having become a successor to their thrones\,* labouring you found the divinely inspired way to contemplation.* Therefore \, forthrightly ministering the word of truth\,* you shed your blood for t he faith\, O hieromartyr\, Timothy.* Intercede with Christ our God for the salvation of our souls.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin\, all immaculate M other of Christ God\,* a sword pierced your all-holy soul* when you saw yo ur Son and God willingly crucified.* Therefore\, O blessed One\,* never ce ase to pray to Him* that He may grant us forgiveness of our sins.\n\n  \;\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nT roparion\, Tone 4: Having shared the way of life of the apostles\,* and ha ving become a successor to their thrones\,* labouring you found the divine ly inspired way to contemplation.* Therefore\, forthrightly ministering th e word of truth\,* you shed your blood for the faith\, O hieromartyr\, Tim othy.* Intercede with Christ our God for the salvation of our souls.\n\nGl ory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for e ver and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: Having piously lived among the hierarchs\,* and having trod the path of suffering\,* you extinguished the sacrifices to idols* and were a defender for your flock\, O godly one.* T herefore\, venerating you\, we sincerely cry to you:* “Rescue us from da ngers by your prayers\, O our father\, Timothy.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\ nThe venerable ones will exult in glory* and they shall be joyful in their beds.\n\nverse: Sing to the Lord a new song\; let His praise be in the as sembly of the venerable ones. (Psalm 149:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 8:2-13 \n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: Your priests shall clothe themselves with justice\, and Your venerable ones shall rejoice.\n\nverse: For the Lord ha s chosen Sion\; He has chosen it for His dwelling. (Psalm 131:9\,13)\n\nGo spel\n\nMatthew 10:16-22\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in eve rlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear*. Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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