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Event Information:

• Wed

  30

  Oct

  2024

  The Holy Martyrs Zenobius and Zenobia His Sister; Blessed Hieromartyr Olesky Zarytsky, priest.

  VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING

  Kathisma Reading

  The appointed psalms are chanted.

  At Psalm 140

  Tone 6

  If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.

  When You were crucified, О long-suffering Lord,* You shook the whole earth, making steadfast the hearts of the faithful;* wherefore, we hymn You and with love worship Your unapproachable power.

  I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.

  Spat upon and smitten on the cheek, О Saviour,* You smote the evil of the venomous foe,* taking away the fall which Adam endured,* who was abducted because of his transgression.

  From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.

  The sun was darkened, the whole earth quaked, and the stones split asunder,* when they beheld You suspended unjustly upon the Tree,* setting aside Your own will, О Saviour.

  Tone 4

  For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

  You dyed your vestments, Zenobius, with the blood of martyrdom!* Thus making them more adorned with grace and sanctity,* entering with them into the holy of holies, glorious one.* As a wise high priest, you were offered as a perfect and all-pure offering* and as an unblemished sacrifice* to Him who was sacrificed for you, most holy one.

  Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.

  Your body was burned, all-worthy hieromartyr Zenobius,* yet the inner beauty of your soul shone forth more brightly.* You are the glory of priests, Godly-minded one;* the boast of champions; a spring ever-flowing with wonders!* You put the demons to flight, divine warrior of Christ!

  Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.

  Your sister Zenobia was of one mind with you, all-wise one.* She voluntarily chose to suffer with you.* She endured with you a violent death,* and received with you the crown of victory,* entering with you, Zenobius, into the kingdom on high.

  Tone 6, Glory...

  Come, lovers of the martyrs!* Let us clap our hands today and form a choir!* Let us sing songs to commemorate the most pious contenders Zenobius and Zenobia!* They became champions of the Trinity,* and in the arena they courageously drowned the invisible enemy with their holy blood.* They have gloriously gained the crown of victory!* Therefore let us cry out to them:* O couple, holy before the Lord, both blessed and illumined,* intercede with the Saviour for the salvation of our souls!

  Now…

  Your pure Virgin Mother,* beholding the most iniquitous people* who unjustly nailed You to the Tree,* was wounded within, as Symeon foretold.

  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 6

  Your Cross is life and help for Your people, О Lord;* and trusting therein, we hymn You, our God who was crucified in the flesh.* Have mercy on us!

  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.

  Your Cross, О Lord, has opened paradise to the race of mankind;* and delivered from corruption, we hymn You, our God who was crucified in the flesh.* Have mercy on us!

  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.

  They who suffered for Your sake, О Christ, endured many torments* and have received perfect crowns in the heavens.* May they pray on behalf of our souls.

  Glory… Now…

  Upon beholding our Life suspended upon the Tree,* the all-immaculate Theotokos cried aloud, maternally lamenting:* O my Son and my God, save those who with love hymn You!

  Troparia

  Tone 4

  O Lord our God, Your holy martyrs* have deserved the crown of immortality* on account of their good fight.* Armed with Your strength, they have vanquished their persecutors* and crushed Satan’s dreadful might.* Through their supplications, O Christ our God, 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 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 this we pray.

  Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.

  Kontakion, Tone 2: Appearing as radiant lights, O godly martyrs,* you illumine all creation with the brilliance of your miracles,* healing infirmities, always dispelling deep darkness* and praying unceasingly to Christ our God for all of us.

  Prokeimenon, Tone 4

  To the saints who are in His land, the Lord has made wonderful all His desires in them.

  verse: I foresaw the Lord in my sight, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken. (Psalm 15:3,8)

  Epistle

  1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

  Alleluia, Tone 4

  verse: The just cried out and the Lord heard them, and delivered them out of their afflictions.

  verse: The afflictions of the just are many, and out of them all will the Lord deliver them. (Psalm 33:18,20)

  Gospel

  Luke 11:42-46

  Communion Hymn

  Rejoice in the Lord, O you just;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 32:1)