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SUMMARY:Wednesday\, November 11\, 2026\; The Holy Martyrs Menas\, Victor\, 
 and Vincent\; The Holy Martyr Stefanida\;. Our Venerable Father and Confes
 sor Theodore the Studite
DESCRIPTION:VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed
  psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 7\n\nIf You mark iniquities\,
  Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revere
 d.\n\nOf old\, a tree drove me from paradise\,* but now a tree has restore
 d me to paradise* when You were crucified\, О Christ.\n\nI have waited fo
 r You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* 
 for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nО awesome wonder!* How can the Creator
 \, standing before a created being\,* be condemned and crucified for the s
 alvation of mankind?\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel tru
 st in the Lord.\n\nО Cross of Christ\,* the amazement of the holy angels 
 and the great wounding of the demons:* Save your servants!\n\nTone 4\n\nFo
 r with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemptio
 n\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nTorn by iron c
 laws\, beaten with a scourge of cords\, your body burned with fire\,* you 
 did not deny the saving name of Christ\,* nor were you vanquished in mind\
 , nor did you sacrifice to graven images\,* but you were a willing whole-b
 urnt offering\,* a pure and perfect sacrifice to your Master\, O martyr Me
 nas.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you 
 people.\n\nYour eyes put out\, hung upon a tree\, burned all over by candl
 es\,* scourged with thongs by the cruelty of the judge\,* your head cut of
 f by the sword\,* you rejoiced\, O glorious Victor\, passion-bearer of the
  Saviour\,* vanquishing legions of the enemy by the activity of the Holy S
 pirit.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His trut
 h endure.\n\nThe Lord has crowned you with a diadem of grace\, O much suff
 ering Stephanida\,* for willingly you gave yourself over to torments with 
 spiritual valour\;* bound between two palm trees\, you were torn asunder\,
 * and like a sparrow took flight to God\,* leaving your flesh in the hands
  of your tormenters\, O right glorious martyr.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nAga
 in the yearly commemoration of the beacons of the world has dawned for us:
 * Menas\, Victor\, and Vincent\,* who enlighten the hearts of the faithful
  by their struggles for Christ and His Cross.* Therefore\, in hymns let us
  honour Christ our God\,* who has crowned them with glory and honour.\n\nN
 ow…\n\nThe pure Virgin\, Your Mother\,* beholding the iniquitous men tha
 t nailed Your unjustly to the Tree\,* was wounded\, O Saviour\, in the wom
 b\, as Simeon foretold.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 7\n\nNo longer are we forbidd
 en the Tree of life\,* for we have Your Cross as our hope.* О Lord\, glor
 y be to You!\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behol
 d\, as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters\, as the eye
 s 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 Immorta
 l One\,* You broke the snares of the devil.* О Lord\, glory be to You!\n\
 nHave mercy on us\, O Lord\, have mercy on us\; for we have been filled wi
 th shame\; our soul is all too full of the mockery of the rich\, of the co
 ntempt of the proud.\n\nCaring nothing for all the things of earth\, О ho
 ly martyrs\,* and having manfully preached Christ at the tribunal\,* you r
 eceived from Him rewards for your torments\;* but as you have boldness\, b
 eseech Him\,* as the almighty God\, that He save the souls of us who flee 
 to you\, we pray.\n\nTone 7\, Glory… Now…\n\nOnce you beheld your son 
 upon the Tree\,* your heart was pierced by a lance of sadness\,* O most-pu
 re One.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nO Lord and Master\, You have made those m
 artyrs who shared in your passion* ornaments of glory for the world.* Ther
 efore\, we have an invincible advocate in them.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nO 
 guide of the true faith\, mirror of piety and commendable behaviour\,* bri
 ght star of the universe\, and adornment of pontiffs\,* you enlightened us
  all by our teachings.* O wise Theodore\, inspired by God and lyre of the 
 Holy Spirit\,* intercede with Christ our God that He may save our souls.\n
 \nNow…\n\nWhen the Mother beheld upon the cross* the Lamb\, the Shepherd
 \, and the Saviour of the world\,* she exclaimed tearfully:* The world rej
 oices at the sight of its redemption\,* but my heart is afire as I see You
 r pain on the cross\,* which You accept for the sake of all\, O my Son and
  my God!\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\
 nTroparion\, Tone 1: Be swayed by the pains that the saints have suffered 
 for You\, O Lord\,* and heal all our pains\,* O Lover of mankind\, for thi
 s we pray.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: Guide of orthodoxy\, teacher of piety an
 d purity\,* luminary of the world\, inspired adornment of monks\, O wise T
 heodore\,* you have enlightened all by your teachings\, O spiritual trumpe
 t.* Intercede with Christ our God for the salvation of our souls.\n\nGlory
  be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, To
 ne 2: Appearing as radiant lights\, O godly martyrs\,* you illumine all cr
 eation with the brilliance of your miracles\,* healing infirmities\, alway
 s dispelling deep darkness* and praying unceasingly to Christ our God for 
 all of us.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: You 
 took delight in self-control\, O wise one\,* and you put the desires of th
 e flesh to sleep.* You were seen to have grown in faith\;* and\, like the 
 Tree of Life in Paradise\, you flourished\, O holy father\, Theodore.\n\nP
 rokeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nTo the saints who are in His land\, the Lord has ma
 de wonderful all His desires in them.\n\nverse: I foresaw the Lord in my s
 ight\, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken. (Psalm 15:3\,8
 )\n\nEpistle\n\n2 Thessalonians 2:1-12\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 4\n\nverse: The 
 just cried out and the Lord heard them\, and delivered them out of their a
 fflictions.\n\nverse: The afflictions of the just are many\, and out of th
 em all will the Lord deliver them. (Psalm 33:18\,20)\n\nGospel\n\nLuke 12:
 48-59\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nRejoice in the Lord\, O you just\;* praise befi
 ts the righteous.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 32:1)
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