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SUMMARY:Wednesday\, May 27\, 2026\; The Holy Hieromartyr Therapontus.
DESCRIPTION:Post-feast of Pentecost.\n\nAT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\n\nKa
 thisma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTon
 e 1\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiv
 eness is that You may be revered.\n\nIt is proper and natural that the rat
 ional heavens* proclaim with tongues of fire to all the nations\,* the glo
 ry of God\, who has adorned the heavens by means of fire\;* and who\, by t
 he Son and the Spirit\, has rendered luminous* the world which our senses 
 know.\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 Christ’
 s disciples had gathered in Sion\, as He said\,* then did the Spirit come 
 down upon them\, as was promised.* Appearing as fire\, showing the Apostle
 s to be teachers\,* who spoke of the hidden things of the Trinity* while b
 reathing forth fire.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel tru
 st in the Lord.\n\nThe Divine Spirit came upon the sacred Apostles\,* maki
 ng of them heavenly swords.* Thus they consecrated all the earth to God th
 e Creator* as they cut down the impious ones.* By them the swords of the e
 vil one have been destroyed\,* that our souls may be saved.\n\nTone 8\n\nF
 or with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redempti
 on\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nThe most glor
 ious Therapontus\, illumined by divine acts\,* was vouchsafed to behold th
 e beauty of Christ with the eyes of his heart\,* having pleased Him by his
  suffering.* Therefore\, by grace he ever heals sufferings of soul and bod
 y* for those who have recourse to him with faith.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all
  the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nAs a well-spring o
 f living water\,* the all-rich Therapontus pours forth streams of healings
 * and utterly washes away the defilement of grievous ailments* from all wh
 o have recourse to him with faith.* By his entreaties\, O Lord\, grant to 
 all great mercy.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally wil
 l His truth endure.\n\nThe wondrous Therapontus\, soaked in the dye of his
  blood\,* fashioned a truly most splendid garment of sanctity\;* and array
 ing himself magnificently therein\,* he has entered the Holy of holies.* T
 hrough his supplications\, O Lord\, grant great mercy to all.\n\nTone 2\, 
 Glory… Now…\n\nWe have seen the true Light\;* we have received the Hea
 venly Spirit\;* we have found the true Faith\,* we worship the undivided T
 rinity\;* for He has saved us.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 1\n\nYour mercy\, O L
 ord\, shall follow me* all the days of my life.\n\nverse: The Lord is my s
 hepherd\, I shall not want. In green pastures He gives me repose.\n\nApost
 icha\n\nTone 4\n\nOn this day the working of Your Holy Spirit came down up
 on Your Apostles\,* showing them to be supremely wise\, and seers of divin
 e things\,* filling them with Your blessed teaching.* Wherefore\, we glori
 fy Your saving dispensation\,* O Jesus Almighty\, the Saviour of our souls
 .\n\nCreate in me a clean heart\, O God\,* and renew a right spirit within
  me.\n\nOn this day Your Spirit O All-powerful Lord\,* has been sent forth
  from the Father\,* He who is consubstantial with You\,* was distributed a
 mong the Apostles in the form of fiery tongues\;* thus He prepared them to
  preach Your mighty deeds.* Wherefore we glorify Your saving dispensation\
 ,* O Jesus\, Almighty\, the Saviour of our souls.\n\nCast me not away from
  Your presence\,* and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.\n\nOn this day\, 
 O Saviour\, You have poured forth the gifts of Your Comforting Spirit\,* g
 ranting mortal-mankind to prophesy\,* as You once promised\, O Word\,* whe
 reby You taught all to worship and adore the undivided Trinity.* Wherefore
  we glorify Your saving dispensation\,* O Jesus Almighty\, the Saviour of 
 our souls.\n\nTone 6\, Glory… Now…\n\nO Lord\, the descent of the Holy
  Spirit\, which enveloped Your Apostles\,* made them to speak with other t
 ongues.* Hence\, the strange wonder was thought to be drunkenness by the u
 nbelievers\,* but to the believers it was a cause of salvation.* Wherefore
 \, we beseech Your to grant us also His illumination\,* O Lover of mankind
 .\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 th
 e divinely inspired way to contemplation.* Therefore\, forthrightly minist
 ering the word of truth\,* you shed your blood for the faith\, O hieromart
 yr\, Therapontus.* Intercede with Christ our God for the salvation of our 
 souls.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nBlessed are You\, O Christ our God w
 ho revealed the fishermen as most wise* by sending them the Holy Spirit\;*
  through them You caught the entire world.* Loving Master\, glory to You.\
 nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\nAt the beginning of the Liturgy\,
  immediately after Blessed be the Kingdom… and Amen we all kneel and sin
 g the following in Tone 6\, samohlasnyj:\n\nHeavenly King\, Advocate\, Spi
 rit of Truth\, Who are everywhere present and fill all things\, Treasury o
 f Blessings\, Bestower of Life: come\, and dwell within us\; cleanse us of
  all that defiles us\, O Good One\, save our souls.\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nThe h
 eavens tell the glory of God\, and the firmament declares the work of his 
 hand.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\,* O Saviour\, save us.\
 n\nDay to day pours forth the message and night proclaims this knowledge t
 o night.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\,* O Saviour\, save u
 s.\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth into all the earth\, and their words 
 unto the ends of the world.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\,*
  O Saviour\, save us.\n\nGlory… Now… Only-begotten Son…\n\nThird Ant
 iphon\n\nCome\, let us sing joyfully to the Lord\,* let us acclaim God\, o
 ur Saviour.\n\nO good Advocate\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nLe
 t us come before His face with praise\,* and acclaim Him in psalms.\n\nO g
 ood Advocate\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nFor God is the great
  Lord\,* the great king over all the earth.\n\nO good Advocate\,* save us 
 who sing to You: Alleluia.\n\nEntrance\n\nCome\, let us worship and fall d
 own before Christ.\n\nO good Advocate\,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia
 .\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: Blessed are You\, O Chri
 st our God who revealed the fishermen as most wise* by sending them the Ho
 ly Spirit\;* through them You caught the entire world.* Loving Master\, gl
 ory to You.\n\nGlory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy S
 pirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 8: When the M
 ost high descended and confused the tongues\,* He parted the nations.* He 
 called all to unity\;* and with one voice* we glorify the all-Holy Spirit.
 \n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 8\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth into all the ea
 rth\,* and their words unto the ends of the world.\n\nverse: The heavens t
 ell the glory of God\, and the firmament declares the work of His hand. (P
 salm 19:5\,2)\n\nEpistle\n\nRomans 1:18-27\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: 
 By the Lord’s words the heavens were established\, and by the Breath of 
 His mouth all their host.\n\nverse: The Lord has looked down from heaven a
 nd beheld the whole human race.\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 5:20-26\n\nHymn to th
 e Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the one Divinity in three Persons.\n\na
 nd the Irmos: Rejoice\, O Queen\, boast of the virgins and mothers\, for e
 very tongue\, though capable and eloquent\, cannot hymn you as is your due
 \, and every mind is confounded in seeking to comprehend the way in which 
 you gave birth. Wherefore with one accord we glorify you.\n\nCommunion Hym
 n\n\nYour good Spirit will lead me* to the land of righteousness.* Allelui
 a\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 142:10)
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