BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:493@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260617 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton;VALUE=DATE:20260618 DTSTAMP:20260611T221503Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/wednesday-june-17-2026-the-holy- martyrs-manuel-sabel-and-ismael-our-venerable-father-hypatius-hegumen-of-r uphenia/ SUMMARY:Wednesday\, June 17\, 2026\; The Holy Martyrs Manuel\, Sabel\, and Ismael\; Our Venerable Father Hypatius\, Hegumen of Ruphenia. 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 2\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You m ay be revered.\n\nWhen You set upon the Cross\, О Word\,* the luminaries\ , not bearing to shine\, dimmed their rays\;* the earth quaked\, and the r ocks split asunder\;* the majesty of the temple was rent in twain\;* the g raves opened\, and the dead arose\;* Hades released all who were below\, a nd the demons were vanquished\;* and death was reckoned by all to be but s leep.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently r elies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nWhen the good- hearted thief beheld You\, the fruitful Vine\, О Christ\,* he became a be tter thief and more skilled\,* for with a few words he quite naturally sto le the forgiveness of the ancient offenses.* Let us all\, then\, make hast e to emulate him\, crying aloud:* Remember us also\, О Lover of mankind!\ n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nTr uly Your divine Cross shines like a star in the sky\, О Christ\,* burning up the demons\, shedding light upon the faithful\,* and casting shame upo n the faces of those who crucified You.* By it You lead our first parents forth from the slavery caused by the tree* which was the image of the Cros s\,* and in the desert caused Your people to suck forth honey from the roc k.\n\nTone 4\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is p lentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities. \n\nLike stars of surpassing splendour\, O all-praised passion-bearers\,* you illumine the ends of the world with divine radiance\,* dispelling the darkness of the demons\, the corrupting passions and misfortunes.* Therefo re\, assembling today\, O glorious ones\,* we praise your luminous\, light -bearing and holy festival.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* procla im His glory\, all you people.\n\nWith sacred hymns let the wondrous Manue l\,* the blessed Sabel and the all-wise Ismael\, be honoured\;* for\, conf essing the uncreated Trinity in sacred manner in the face of the enemy\,* they extinguished the falsehood of polytheism with the outpouring of their blood\,* and have received glory which does not fade away.\n\nStrong is t he love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nO blesse d Manuel\, Ismael and Sabel of great renown\,* you wisely put to shame the lawless king who iniquitously commanded you* to worship and render honour to his mindless\, inanimate gods\;* and\, having suffered patiently and l awfully\,* you have woven for yourselves wreaths of victory\, praying for the world.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… \n\nThe glorious martyrs\, loving You in p urity\, O Word of God\,* having forsaken the worship of fire* and spurned the land of Chaldea\,* were illumined by Your light\;* and having armed th emselves with the weaponry of faith\,* they put the tyrant Julian to shame .* The glorious Manuel\, the wondrous Sabel\, and Ismael thrice rich\,* hy mning You with the Father and the Spirit\,* pray that our souls be saved.\ n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nThe light of the sun and moon dimmed\,* obscured by the noetic Light who hung naked upon the Cross\;* for that which is lesser is ever vanquished by the greater\,* and the lower gives place to the hig her.* “How then can it not be fitting for perceptible radiance to hide i tself before the radiant Christ?”* the most pure one asked the worthy bo dies of light\, when she gazed upon You.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 1\n\nYour m ercy\, O Lord\, shall follow me* all the days of my life.\n\nverse: The Lo rd is my shepherd\, I shall not want. In green pastures He gives me repose .\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nО Christ God my Saviour\, who saved Peter in the sea\,* save me by the power of the Cross\,* and have mercy on me.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold\, as the eyes o f servants are on the hands of their masters\, as the eyes of a maid are o n the hands of her mistress\, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nThose who ever enjoyed Your gifts cried out\, “Cruc ify Him!”\;* those who slew the righteous ones asked that a malefactor b e given to them in place of the Benefactor.* But You kept silence\, О Chr ist\,* enduring their savagery\, desiring to suffer and thus save us\,* in that You love mankind.\n\nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we have been filled with shame\; our soul is all too full of the mocke ry of the rich\, of the contempt of the proud.\n\nThe choirs of the martyr s opposed the tyrants\, saying:* “We fight for the King of hosts!* And e ven if you have subjected us to fire and tortures\,* we will not reject th e power of the Trinity!”\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nHaving endured m any pangs during the crucifixion of thy Son and God\, O most pure one\, * you groaned\, weeping and crying aloud:* “Woe is me\, O my sweet Child!* How is it that you suffer unjustly\,* desiring to deliver the mortal desc endants of Adam?”* Therefore\, O most pure Virgin\, we entreat you with faith:* Render Him merciful to us!\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4\n\nO Lord our God \, your holy martyrs* have deserved the crown of immortality* on account o f their good fight.* Armed with your strength\, they have vanquished their persecutors* and crushed Satan’s dreadful might.* Through their supplic ations\, O Christ our God\, save our souls.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin \, all immaculate Mother of Christ God\,* a sword pierced your all-holy so ul* when you saw your Son and God willingly crucified.* Therefore\, O bles sed 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 Konta kia\n\nTroparion Tone 4: O Lord our God\, your holy martyrs* have deserved the crown of immortality* on account of their good fight.* Armed with you r strength\, they have vanquished their persecutors* and crushed Satan’s dreadful might.* Through their supplications\, O Christ our God\, save ou r souls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: O blessed martyrs \, because of your perfect faith in Christ\,* you drank of the cup of suff erings with generous hearts.* You renounced the idols of Persia* and procl aimed your belief in the Holy Trinity.* O trinity of martyrs\, intercede f or us at all times.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nGod is wonderful in His sai nts\,* the God of Israel.\n\nverse: In the churches bless God\, the Lord f rom the fountains of Israel. (Psalm 67:36\,27)\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 11:2-1 2\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: The just cried out and the Lord heard the m\, and delivered them out of their afflictions.\n\nverse: The afflictions of the just are many\, and out of them all will the Lord deliver them. (P salm 33:18\,20)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 11:20-26\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nRejoice in the Lord\, O you just\;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia\, alle luia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 32:1)\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Edmonton X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Edmonton BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR