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Wed17Jul2024
🕃 The Holy Great-Martyr Marina; Blessed Hieromartyr Pavlo Hoydych, Bishop of Pryashiv.
VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING
Kathisma Reading
The appointed psalms are chanted.
At Psalm 140
Tone 8
If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.
O all-glorious wonder!* He who exalted himself in his pride* and said that he would destroy the earth and the sea* have you, a young and most immaculate maiden,* humbled to the ground, vanquishing his wiles.* O, the power of the Cross and grace* which has manifestly made firm all weakness for us!
I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.
O all-glorious wonder!* He who exalted himself in his pride* and said that he would destroy the earth and the sea* have you, a young and most immaculate maiden,* humbled to the ground, vanquishing his wiles.* O, the power of the Cross and grace* which has manifestly made firm all weakness for us!
From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.
O all-praised martyr Marina,* neither the fire of torment, nor the enjoyment of food,* nor the joys of this world, nor the beauty of youth* were able to separate from thy love for Christ* you who desired to obtain the beauty of your honoured Bridegroom* which passes all understanding.* And you were counted worthy of it, O divinely blessed one.
For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
O all-praised martyr Marina,* neither the fire of torment, nor the enjoyment of food,* nor the joys of this world, nor the beauty of youth* were able to separate from thy love for Christ* you who desired to obtain the beauty of your honoured Bridegroom* which passes all understanding.* And you were counted worthy of it, O divinely blessed one.
Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.
O most glorious martyr Marina,* who have rightly made your abode in the mansions of heaven* with the ranks of virgins and the armies of the martyrs:* by your prayers save them who with faith keep your memory* and faithfully have recourse to your protection;* and ask of God remission of sins, deliverance, and great mercy.
Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.
O most glorious martyr Marina,* who have rightly made your abode in the mansions of heaven* with the ranks of virgins and the armies of the martyrs:* by your prayers save them who with faith keep your memory* and faithfully have recourse to your protection;* and ask of God remission of sins, deliverance, and great mercy.
Tone 2, Glory…
Let us listen to the praise of the holy virgin* who, having kept her lamp ever burning,* has made her abode in the city of our God, in His holy mountain.* O the virginity of the Church of God!* O virginity, glory of martyrs!* O virginity, shared by the angels!
Now…
Beholding You nailed to the tree of the Cross, O Jesus,* she who knew not wedlock said, weeping:* “O my sweet Child, unapproachable Light of the all-unoriginate Father,* wherefore have You forsaken me who alone gave You birth?* But make haste and glorify Yourself, that those who glorify Your divine sufferings* may receive divine glory!”
Prokeimenon, Tone 1
Your mercy, O Lord, shall follow me* all the days of my life.
verse: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. In green pastures He gives me repose.
Aposticha
Tone 7
No longer are we forbidden the Tree of life,* for we have Your Cross as our hope.* О Lord, glory be to You!
I have lifted up my eyes to You 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.
Suspended upon the Tree, О Immortal One,* You broke the snares of the devil.* О Lord, glory be to You!
Have 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 contempt of the proud.
Caring nothing for all the things of earth, О holy martyrs,* and having manfully preached Christ at the tribunal,* you received from Him rewards for your torments;* but as you have boldness, beseech Him,* as the almighty God, that He save the souls of us who flee to you, we pray.
Tone 2, Glory…
With a voice of joy and an exclamation of psalmody* let us hymn the martyr Marina;* for she cast down to the earth the falsehood of idolatry* and manfully trampled the adverse foe under her feet.* Wherefore, in dying she has taken wing to the heavens,* bearing a crown upon her head and crying aloud:* “I desire You, O my Bridegroom,* and having the love of desire, I have committed my flesh to the fire for You,* that I may dwell in Your everlasting mansions,* where the abode is of those who rejoice!”
Now…
When the unblemished ewe-lamb beheld her Lamb led, of His own will,* as a man to the slaughter, she said, weeping:* “Do You hasten now to leave me childless who gave You birth, O Christ?* What is this You have done, O Deliverer of all?* Yet will I hymn and glorify Your utter goodness* which passes understanding and recounting,* O You who loves mankind!”
Troparia
Tone 4
Your lamb, Marina, O Jesus, cries in a loud voice:* “You, O my Bridegroom, I love; and, seeking You, I undergo martyrdom.* And with You I am crucified and buried in Your baptism,* and I suffer for Your sake that I may reign 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 intercession in Your mercy save our souls.
Glory… Now…
O Virgin, all immaculate Mother of Christ God,* a sword pierced your all-holy soul* when you saw your Son and God willingly crucified.* Therefore, O blessed One,* never cease to pray to Him* that He may grant us forgiveness of our sins.
DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
Troparia and Kontakia
Troparion, Tone 4: Your lamb, Marina, O Jesus, cries in a loud voice:* “You, O my Bridegroom, I love; and, seeking You, I undergo martyrdom.* And with You I am crucified and buried in Your baptism,* and I suffer for Your sake that I may reign 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 intercession in Your mercy save our souls.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Kontakion, Tone 2: We, all the faithful, have found your shrine to be a place of spiritual healing,* and we cry aloud to you: “O glorious virgin martyr, Marina,* pray unceasingly to Christ our God for all of us!”
Prokeimenon, Tone 4
God is wonderful in His saints,* the God of Israel.
verse: In the churches bless God, the Lord from the fountains of Israel. (Psalm 67:36,27)
Epistle
1 Corinthians 13:4-14:5
Alleluia, Tone 1
verse: With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and He was attentive to me, and He heard my prayer.
verse: He brought me out of the pit of misery and the mud of the swamp. (Psalm 39:2,3)
Gospel
Matthew 20:1-16
Communion Hymn
The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)