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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260916
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SUMMARY:Wednesday\, September 16\, 2026\;  The Holy Great-Martyr Euphemia\,
  the All-Famed.
DESCRIPTION:Post-feast of the Exaltation of the Cross\n\nAT VESPERS ON TUES
 DAY EVENING\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “You have given a sign
 …”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You for
 giveness is that You may be revered.\n\nToday\, Your precious Cross* has s
 hone forth radiantly like the sun\, O Saviour Christ\,* set up and elevate
 d on the all-glorious place of the skull\, on Your all-holy mountain\,* sh
 owing forth most manifestly that it is thereby\, O Omnipotent One\,* that 
 You have raised our nature up to the heavens\,* in that You love mankind.\
 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\nToday\, O Unapproach
 able One\,* the heavens have declared Your glory to men\;* for the image o
 f the Cross\, shining forth in radiance with unapproachable light\,* has d
 enounced the savage and cruel nature of those who slew God.* Therefore\, w
 e glorify Your loving dispensation\, O almighty Jesus\,* Saviour of our so
 uls.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\
 n\nBy stretching forth his arms Moses vanquished Amalek\,* prefiguring the
  image of the Cross\;* and we now\, bowing down before the tree of the Cro
 ss\,* trample the wiles and machinations of the enemy underfoot\,* having 
 Christ as our champion\,* who was lifted up upon it in the flesh\,* slew t
 he serpent and saved man.\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “As one valiant among the 
 martyrs…”\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is 
 plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities
 .\n\nHaving adorned your soul with the beauties of virginity* and the bloo
 d of martyrdom\, O glorious martyr\,* you were betrothed to the Creator* w
 ho has truly preserved you incorrupt for ages\;* and for this you join cho
 rus with choirs of the archangels and angels\,* the apostles\, prophets\, 
 and martyrs\,* O most praised one.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;*
  proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nBound to wheels of torture\, rent
  asunder by wild beasts\,* and your mind having been sharpened with fire a
 nd water by the divine Spirit\,* you manfully choked the princes of darkne
 ss with the torrents of your blood\,* and hastened to the noetic bridal-ch
 ambers\,* offering your suffering to your Bridegroom as a dowry\, O virgin
 .\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth end
 ure.\n\nThough you have died\, you live forever\, O martyr\,* and have pou
 red forth torrents of blood to the praise of the Lord\,* watering the fait
 hful and illumining them with understanding\,* but drowning the unbelievin
 g enemy therein.* Therefore\, the divine scroll of the dogmas of the Churc
 h was entrusted to you\,* which you preserve and hold for ever.\n\nTone 6\
 , Glory…\n\nO most glorious Euphemia\, who flourished in the virtues and
  was illumined in mind\,* pouring myrrh into the hearts of the faithful\,*
  shining forth from the East like a radiant star\,* and\, through the comi
 ng of the Holy Spirit\, assembling the council of the divine fathers:* Nev
 er cease to pray to the Lord for us\, that our souls be saved.\n\nNow…\n
 \nThe four corners of the world are sanctified today* as the four parts of
  Your Cross are elevated\, O Christ our God\;* and with it the horn of all
  Orthodox hierarchs is exalted.* Therefore\, we crush the horns of our ene
 mies.* Great are You\, O Lord\, and wondrous are You in Your works!* Glory
  be to You!\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 6\, Podoben “On the third day…”\n\n
 We bow down before the place where the feet of Christ stood\,* exalting th
 e thrice blessed Cross whereon was shed the blood of the Master* who has p
 oured forth resurrection upon the world.\n\nExalt the Lord our God\; and w
 orship the footstool of His feet\, for it is holy.\n\nHaving mortified the
  passions of flesh and spirit\, O you divinely wise\,* let us make haste t
 o elevate ourselves above earthly things to the resting-place of heaven\,*
  through the exaltation of the Cross\,* having crucified ourselves with Ch
 rist the Master.\n\nGod is our King before the ages\, He has wrought salva
 tion in the midst of the earth.\n\nAn ever-flowing well-spring has manifes
 tly issued forth from the divine side of the Saviour\,* watering the souls
  of those who with faith worship His divine sufferings\,* His Cross and re
 surrection.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n\nLet every tongue be moved to the goodl
 y praise of Euphemia the most lauded\,* and let us all – every generatio
 n\, every age\, youths and virgins\,* crown the virgin martyr of Christ wi
 th praises\;* for\, having lawfully shown manly courage and cast aside fem
 inine weakness\,* she brought low the tyrannous foe with the pangs of her 
 suffering\,* and having been adorned with a divine crown\,* she entreats h
 er Bridegroom and God\, that He grant us great mercy.\n\nNow…\n\nThat wh
 ich Moses prefigured with his body of old* cast down and vanquished Amalek
 \;* and David the psalmist\, crying out\,* has commanded us to bow down be
 fore Your footstool\, Your precious Cross\, O Christ God. Today we sinners
  also do homage with our unworthy lips to You* whose will it was to be nai
 led thereto\;* and\, chanting\, we pray: O Lord\, vouchsafe that with the 
 thief* we may receive Your kingdom!\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 4\n\nYour lamb\, E
 uphemia\, O Jesus\, cries in a loud voice:* “You\, O my Bridegroom\, I l
 ove\; and\, seeking You\, I undergo martyrdom.* And with You I am crucifie
 d and buried in Your baptism\,* and I suffer for Your sake that I may reig
 n with You.* And I die on Your behalf that I may live in You.* Receive me 
 as a spotless sacrifice\,* sacrificed for You with love.”* Through her i
 ntercession in Your mercy save our souls.\n\nTone 1\, Glory… Now…\n\nS
 ave Your people\, O Lord\, and bless Your inheritance.* Grant victory to Y
 our faithful people against enemies\,* and protect Your community by Your 
 cross.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nO God\, 
 my God\, hear me\; why have You forsaken me? The words of my transgression
 s put salvation far from me.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Mother of God\,
  O Saviour\, save us.\n\nO God\, I will call to You by day but You will no
 t listen\; and by night\, yet it will not be foolish of me.\n\nThrough the
  prayers of the Mother of God\, O Saviour\, save us.\n\nBut You\, the prai
 se of Israel\, dwell in the holy place.\n\nThrough the prayers of the Moth
 er of God\, O Saviour\, save us.\n\nGlory… Now… Only-begotten Son…\n
 \nAntiphon 3\n\nCome\, let us sing joyfully to the Lord\, let us acclaim G
 od\, our Saviour.\n\nSon of God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sin
 g to You: Alleluia.\n\nLet us come before His face with praise\, and accla
 im Him in psalms.\n\nSon of God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sin
 g to You: Alleluia.\n\nFor God is the great Lord\, and the great king over
  all the earth.\n\nSon of God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing 
 to You: Alleluia.\n\nEntrance\n\nCome\, let us worship and fall down befor
 e Christ.\n\nSon of God\, crucified in the flesh\, save us who sing to You
 : Alleluia.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: Save Your peop
 le\, O Lord\, and bless Your inheritance.* Grant victory to Your faithful 
 people against enemies\,* and protect Your community by Your cross.\n\nTro
 parion\, Tone 1: As spiritual lambs\, through martyrdom you came to Christ
 \, the Lamb and Shepherd\,* for you had finished the course and kept the f
 aith.* And so\, today\, with spiritual joy\, O wondrous women\,* we celebr
 ate your holy memory* while magnifying Christ.\n\nGlory be to the Father a
 nd to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: We celebrate 
 the memory of Christ’s women martyrs* and with faith ask for help that w
 e all may be saved from every tribulation.* And we cry: “Our God is with
  us\,* and He has glorified these women as He willed!”\n\nNow and for ev
 er and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: By Your own choice\, O Christ ou
 r God\,* You were lifted on the cross.* Grant Your mercies to Your new com
 munity* that bears Your Name.* By Your power gladden the faithful people\,
 * and grant them victory against enemies.* May they have the help of Your 
 instrument of peace\,* the invincible sign of victory.\n\nProkeimenon\, To
 ne 7\n\nExalt the Lord our God\,* and bow in worship at the footstool of h
 is feet\, for it is holy.\n\nverse: The Lord reigns\, let the people tremb
 le. (Psalm 98:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nEphesians 3:8-21\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\
 nverse: Remember Your congregation which You acquired from the beginning.\
 n\nverse: But God is our king before the ages\; He has wrought salvation i
 n the midst of the earth. (Psalm 73:2\,12)\n\nGospel\n\nMark 11:23-26\n\nH
 ymn to the Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the most precious cross of the
  Lord.\n\nAnd the Irmos\, Tone 8: You are a mystical Paradise\, O Mother o
 f God\, who though untilled\, have brought forth Christ. He has planted up
 on earth the life-giving Tree of the Cross. Therefore today as we raise it
  on high we bow low and we magnify you.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nLet the light
  of Your countenance\, O Lord\,* shine upon us.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* al
 leluia. (Psalm 4:7)\n\nAt the end of Liturgy we sing:\n\nTo Your Cross\, O
  Master\, we bow in veneration\, and we glorify Your holy Resurrection. (3
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