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The Twenty-Fourth Day of the Month of October

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• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Joy of All Who Sorrow"
• Martyr Arethas and those 4299 fellow martyrs with him, including Martyr Syncletica and her two daughters (523)
• Blessed Elasbaan, king of Ethiopia (553 - 555)
• St. Athanasius, patriarch of Constantinople (1311)
• St. Arethas, recluse of Kiev Caves (12th cen.)
• Martyr Acacius of Armenia (303)
• St. John, recluse of the Pskov Caves (1616)
• St. Sisoes, schemamonk of the Kiev Caves (13th.)
• St. Theophilus the Silent of the Kiev Caves (12th - 13th cen.)
• St. Senoch, abbot of Tours (Gaul)
• New Martyr Lawrence of Balakin, bishop (1918)
• Repose of Blessed Elder Zosimas (Verkhovsky), (1833)
• St. Cadfarch, Monk
• St. Maelor, Monk
• Holy Monk Zosima (Verkhovsky; 1768-1833)

Troparion of the Icon "Joy of all that Sorrow" Tone 4

Let us, sinful and humbled, now earnestly run to the Mother of God,/ and let us fall down in repentance,/ crying from the depths of our soul:/ O Lady, help, have compassion on us./ Make haste, for we perish from the multitude of our sins./ Turn not thy servants empty away,/ for we have thee as our only hope.

Another Troparion of the Icon "Joy of all that Sorrow" Tone 2

Thou art the joy of all that sorrow/ and the protectoress of the oppressed,/ feeder of the hungry, consolation of travelers,/ haven for the tempest-tossed, visitation of the sick,/ protection and aid of the infirm, staff of old age,/ O all-pure Mother of the Most High God./ Hasten, we pray, to save thy servants.

Troparion of St. Arethas and his fellow Martyrs Tone 1

Thou didst live piously and wast glorified in contest,/ and didst triumph over Christ's enemies./ Thou didst bring Him a company of martyrs,/ O blessed Arethas./ Glory to Him Who has strengthened thee; glory to Him Who has crowned thee;/ glory to Him Who through thee works healings for all.

Troparion of St. Cadfarch Tone 8

Brother and companion of saints, O Father Cadfarch,/ thou art truly numbered among the Righteous of the Age of Saints./ Wherefore intercede for us, weak as we are,/ that Christ our God will grant us great mercy.

Troparion of St. Maelor Tone 8

At the bidding of our Father Samson thou didst leave thy native Wales/ to serve God in Lammeur's Monastery, O Father Maelor./ Having pleased God with the sweet fragrance of monastic struggle,/ thou didst grace the island of Sark with thy godly repose./ Pray to God for us, O blessed one, that He will spare us/ from sudden and unprepared death and grant salvation to our souls.

Kontakion of the Icon ''Joy of all that Sorrow" Tone 6

We have no other help, we have no other hope,/ apart from thee, O Lady:/ help us. we hope in thee and in thee we glory./ Let us not be confounded for we are thy servants.

Kontakion of St. Arethas and his fellow Martyrs Tone 4

The radiant feast of the victorious Martyrs/ comes today as an occasion of gladness./ As we celebrate it we glorify the Lord on high.

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• Russian Icons
• Prologue From Ochrid by St Nikolai Velimirovich
• OCA - Lives of all saints commemorated on this day
• OCA - Troparia and Kontakia
• Mesyatseslov of Saints Lives (Russian)

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