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SUMMARY:Wednesday\, September 9\, 2026\;  The Holy and Righteous Forebears 
 of God Joachim and Anna\; The Holy Martyr Severian
DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 1\, Podob
 en “Joy of the ranks of heaven…”\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, 
 who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nJo
 achim and Anna hold festival\,* having shone forth the Sun upon those who 
 sleep in darkness\,* and with them we also celebrate today\,* blessing the
  pure Virgin who sprang forth* from the root of Jesse.\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\nThe Maiden who contained God\, the pure
  Theotokos\,* the glory of the prophets\, the daughter of David\,* is born
  today of Joachim and the chaste Anna\;* and the curse of Adam which lay u
 pon us* is annulled by her birthgiving.\n\nFrom the morning watch until ni
 ght* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nShe who before was as a barren land 
 gives birth to fertile ground\,* and\, having given forth a holy fruit fro
 m her fruitless womb\,* she nurtures her with milk.* O awesome wonder! the
  nourisher of our Life\,* who received the Bread of heaven in her womb* is
  nourished with milk at her mother’s breasts!\n\nTone 4\, Podoben “You
  have given a sign…”\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Hi
 m there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its
  iniquities.\n\nCome\, let us now join chorus with hymnody\,* O you who lo
 ve the feasts of the Church\,* and with faith let us hold festival\,* hono
 uring the memory of Joachim and Anna\, the honoured couple\;* for they gav
 e birth to the Mother of God for us\, the pure Virgin.* Therefore\, they h
 ave passed from transitory things over to that which is incorrupt\,* to th
 e mansions of everlasting life\,* praying that we be saved.\n\nPraise the 
 Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you people.\n\nToday al
 l creation is adorned with gladness\, O most hymned Theotokos\,* offering 
 up\, with oneness of mind\,* the annual commemoration of your parents\,* c
 elebrating together the wondrous Joachim and Anna\;* for they have become 
 the mediators of joy\,* having past hope put you forth\, the nourisher of 
 our Life\,* who has caused the Light to shine forth.\n\nStrong is the love
  of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nToday Anna rejo
 ices\, leaping up in spirit\,* and she is filled with joyful gladness\,* h
 aving obtained her desire\, the fertility which she had long desired\;* fo
 r she put forth the fruit of the promise and blessing\,* the most immacula
 te Mary who gave birth to our God\,* and given birth to the only Theotokos
 \,* the beginning of our salvation.\n\nTone 5\, Glory… Now…\n\nO bless
 ed two\; you have surpassed all parents\,* in that you gave rise to her wh
 o transcends all creation.* Truly blessed are you\, O Joachim\, having bec
 ome the father of such a maiden!* And blessed is your womb\, O Anna\,* for
  you have put forth the Mother of our Life!* Blessed are the breasts where
 with you nourished with milk* her who nurtured Him who sustains every crea
 tion!* Entreat Him\, we beseech you\, O most blessed one\,* that our souls
  find mercy!\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\, Podoben “When from the Tree…”\
 n\nOf a truth\, the divinely wise Anna\, beholding a nest of birds in a tr
 ee\,* was mindful of her own barrenness\, and cried aloud:* “Woe is me\,
  O Lord!* I alone\, a sinner\, am left bereft of fruitfulness by You\, O L
 ord!”* Then God\, who loves mankind\, gave her the Virgin as fruit\,* th
 e most precious of all creation.\n\nListen\, O daughter\, and see\, and in
 cline your ear.\n\nOf a truth\, the divinely wise Anna\, conscious of her 
 barren state and childlessness\,* cried out to God in supplication:* “Lo
 ose the grievous bond of my barrenness\,* that I may give birth to a child
  who will give birth to You\, the Word!”* And You granted her this\, O M
 aster Christ\, Bestower of life\;* for her offspring gave birth to You\, t
 he Saviour of all mankind.\n\nThe rich among the people will entreat your 
 countenance.\n\nGod the Master truly hearkened to your supplication\, as H
 e did that of Sarah of old\,* when you heard the voice of the angel announ
 cing joyous tidings to you:* “You shall give birth to the Mother of God!
 ”* And you cried out in gladness of soul:* “The Master and Lord\, my G
 od and Creator\, has of a truth lifted my reproach\,* for I shall give bir
 th to the Ever-virgin!”\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nJoachim and Anna\
 , the holy couple and holy mates\,* who from a barren womb put forth the h
 oly Theotokos as a staff\,* from whom Christ God shone forth salvation upo
 n the world\,* having been translated to the mansions of heaven\,* with th
 eir all-pure Virgin daughter\,* join chorus with the angels\, making suppl
 ication for the world.* And we\, assembling with them\, say\, piously chan
 ting:* O you who were called the ancestors of Christ by the divine Maiden*
  and all-pure Mary\, pray for our souls.\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 1\n\nThe just
  couple who lived in a state of grace\,* Joachim and Anne\, gave birth to 
 this holy child for us.* The holy Church solemnly honours this feast in gl
 ory* and celebrates your precious memory today.* She glorifies God Who has
  lifted up our horn of salvation in the house of David.\n\nTone 4\, Glory
 … Now…\n\nYour nativity\, O Virgin Mother of God\,* has made joy known
  to all the world\,* for from you dawned the Sun of Righteousness\, Christ
  our God.* He abolished the curse and gave the blessing\;* and by making d
 eath of no effect He bestowed on us eternal life.\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON 
 WEDNESDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Your nat
 ivity\, O Virgin Mother of God\,* has made joy known to all the world\,* f
 or from you dawned the Sun of Righteousness\, Christ our God.* He abolishe
 d the curse and gave the blessing\;* and by making death of no effect He b
 estowed on us eternal life.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: The just couple who liv
 ed in a state of grace\,* Joachim and Anne\, gave birth to this holy child
  for us.* The holy Church solemnly honours this feast in glory* and celebr
 ates your precious memory today.* She glorifies God Who has lifted up our 
 horn of salvation in the house of David.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 4: Your marty
 r\, Severian\, O Lord\,* by his passion acquired the crown of incorruptibi
 lity from You\, our God.* For possessing Your power he overcame the tortur
 ers* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By his supplications\,
  save our souls.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: As a bright and unerring star you 
 appeared to the world* proclaiming with your rays the Sun\, that is\, Chri
 st\, O martyr\, Severian\,* and you have extinguished all error.* But to u
 s you give light\, praying without ceasing for all of us.\n\nGlory be to t
 he Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 3: Th
 e chains of sterility are broken and Anne rejoices.* She nurses the most p
 ure Lady and invites us to sing with her* to the virgin Mother who is born
  for all people.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4
 : By your birth\, O immaculate one\,* Joachim and Anna were freed from the
  reproach of childlessness\,* and Adam and Eve* from the corruption of dea
 th.* And your people\, redeemed from the guilt of their sins\,* celebrate 
 as they cry out to you:* “The barren one gives birth to the Mother of Go
 d* and nourisher of our life.”\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nMy soul magnif
 ies the Lord\, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour. (Luke 1:46-47
 )\n\nverse: Because he has regarded the humility of His handmaid\; for beh
 old\, all generations shall call me blessed. (Luke 1:48)\n\nProkeimenon\, 
 Tone 4\n\nGod is wonderful in His saints\,* the God of Israel. (Psalm 67:3
 6)\n\nEpistle\n\nGalatians 6:2-10\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: The salva
 tion of the just comes from the Lord\, their stronghold in time of distres
 s. (Psalm 36:39)\n\nverse: The Lord helps them and delivers them and saves
  them: for their refuge is in him. (Psalm 36:40)\n\nGospel\n\nMark 7:14-24
 \n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nO my soul\, magnify the Virgin Mary\, born fr
 om a barren womb.\n\nAnd the Irmos\, Tone 8: Virginity is alien to mothers
 * and childbearing is foreign to virgins\;* yet in you\, O Mother of God\,
  both of them came together.* Therefore we and all the nations of the eart
 h* without ceasing magnify you.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nRejoice in the Lord\,
  O you just\;* praise befits the righteous. (Psalm 32:1)
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