BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:607@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261007 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261008 DTSTAMP:20260928T142741Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/wednesday-october-7-2026-the-hol y-martyrs-sergius-and-bacchus/ SUMMARY:Wednesday\, October 7\, 2026\; The Holy Martyrs Sergius and Bacchu s. DESCRIPTION:Kathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psa lm 140\n\nTone 6\, Podoben “Having set all aside...”\n\nIf You mark in iquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nHaving disdained all earthly might and come to hate the fl esh\,* you came to love our holy God\;* and wearing a vesture of dishonor put upon you in mockery\,* you have received garments of light from heaven * and robes which cannot be rent asunder.* Dancing therein\, O crowned one s who are most rich\,* be a veil of protection and raiment for all of us* who have been stripped bare of life* through the deception of the serpent. \n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nHaving disdained al l earthly might and come to hate the flesh\,* you came to love our holy Go d\;* and wearing a vesture of dishonor put upon you in mockery\,* you have received garments of light from heaven* and robes which cannot be rent as under.* Dancing therein\, O crowned ones who are most rich\,* be a veil of protection and raiment for all of us* who have been stripped bare of life * through the deception of the serpent.\n\nFrom the morning watch until ni ght* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nO all-glorious Sergius and all-prais ed Bacchus\,* vessels of the Spirit\, torrents pouring forth healings upon all\,* our protectors and mighty champions of the Church\,* voluntary sac rifices and honored victims\,* beacons illumining the ends of the earth wi th the light of piety:* dispel the darkness which lies upon our souls* and drive away all the gloom of evil.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, a nd with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel fr om all its iniquities.\n\nO all-glorious Sergius and all-praised Bacchus\, * vessels of the Spirit\, torrents pouring forth healings upon all\,* our protectors and mighty champions of the Church\,* voluntary sacrifices and honored victims\,* beacons illumining the ends of the earth with the light of piety:* dispel the darkness which lies upon our souls* and drive away all the gloom of evil.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim Hi s glory\, all you people.\n\nO glorious athletes\, having issued forth fro m your corruptible bodies\,* you received habitations which pass not away\ ,* noetic gladness\, never-waning light\, and incorruptible life without c are.* Yet pray that we also may receive these things who have been slain b y the passions* and have turned aside to sin\,* O Sergius and Bacchus\, in tercessors and havens for the faithful\,* who pray with boldness in behalf of our souls.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nO glorious athletes\, having issued forth from your c orruptible bodies\,* you received habitations which pass not away\,* noeti c gladness\, never-waning light\, and incorruptible life without care.* Ye t pray that we also may receive these things who have been slain by the pa ssions* and have turned aside to sin\,* O Sergius and Bacchus\, intercesso rs and havens for the faithful\,* who pray with boldness in behalf of our souls.\n\nTone 4\, Glory…\n\nRadiant and twofold is the effulgence of th e martyrs Sergius and Bacchus\,* for they cast down the savagery of the to rmenters\,* abolished the falsehood of idolatry* and\, preaching with radi ant voices\, proclaimed the perfect mystery of divine knowledge.* Through their supplications\, O Christ\, O Giver of the law\,* Judge of the contes t and Bestower of crowns\,* vouchsafe that we also may receive crowns of m ight* against the invisible powers of evil.\n\nNow…\n\nThe all-Pure one\ , beholding Christ who loves mankind crucified\,* His side pierced by a sp ear\, cried out\, weeping:* What is this\, O my Son?* How have the ungrate ful people recompensed You for the good things You have done for them?* An d do You hasten to leave me childless\, O most Beloved?* I marvel\, O Comp assionate One\, at Your voluntary crucifixion!\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\n О Christ God my Saviour\, who saved Peter in the sea\,* save me by the po wer of the Cross\,* and have mercy on me.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to Y ou 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 hands of her mistress\ , so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nThose w ho ever enjoyed Your gifts cried out\, “Crucify Him!”\;* those who sle w the righteous ones asked that a malefactor be given to them in place of the Benefactor.* But You kept silence\, О Christ\,* enduring their savage ry\, desiring to suffer and thus save us\,* in that You love mankind.\n\nH ave mercy 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 cont empt of the proud.\n\nThe choirs of the martyrs opposed the tyrants\, sayi ng:* “We fight for the King of hosts!* And even if you have subjected us to fire and tortures\,* we will not reject the power of the Trinity!”\n \nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nThe array of Christ's martyrs has been fortified ag ainst the enemy\;* and among them the right glorious and most excellent at hletes Sergius and Bacchus shine like luminaries.* By them was the evil ho st of demons forced to turn in flight\;* by them were the tyrants amazed a nd the angels astonished\,* beholding the incorporeal foe trampled underfo ot by corporeal men.* And the Church of the faithful\, celebrating their m ost festive feast and universal joy\, cries out:* O you who through the we akness of the flesh bound the mighty one\,* save our souls through the pra yers of Your saints!\n\nNow…\n\nWhat is this sight which I see\, which m y eyes behold\, O Master?* You who sustain all creation\, die\, lifted up upon the Tree\,* granting life to all!* said the Theotokos\, weeping\, as she beheld the God-man* who had ineffably shone forth from her* uplifted u pon the Cross.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nO persevering Sergius and glorious Bacchus\,* you are the staunch support of those who suffer Christ’s pas sion.* O eyes of Christ’s Church\, open the eyes of our souls.* Pray to the Lord that we might escape the darkness of sin\,* and that we come to s ee the Unsetting Sun by your prayers.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin\, all immaculate Mother of Christ God\,* a sword pierced your all-holy soul* wh en you saw your Son and God willingly crucified.* Therefore\, O blessed On e\,* never cease to pray to Him* that He may grant us forgiveness of our s ins.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\n\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\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: Appearing as ra diant lights\, O godly martyrs\,* you illumine all creation with the brill iance of your miracles\,* healing infirmities\, always dispelling deep dar kness* and praying unceasingly to Christ our God for all of us.\n\nProkeim enon\, Tone 4\n\nTo the saints who are in His land\, the Lord has made won derful all His desires in them.\n\nverse: I foresaw the Lord in my sight\, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken. (Psalm 15:3\,8)\n\nE pistle\n\nPhilippians 2:24-30\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: Behold\, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together.\n\nverse: For the Lord confers His blessing and life for ever. (Psalm 132:1\,3)\n\nGospe l\n\nLuke 6:46-7:1\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nRejoice in the Lord\, O you just\; * praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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