Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!
St. Argyre the New Martyr of Prousa - Commemorated on April 5th (her repose) and April 30th (the uncovering of her relics) (source)
Selected hymns to St. Argyre the New Martyr (amateur translations below from source text)
Doxastikon of the Aposticha in the
Second Tone
O all-glorious Argyre, you were just
joined in marriage, as the pride of Prousa and the boast of
Byzantium, when the prideful serpent, through the terrible tyrant
tried to convince you to soil the virginity of your marriage. But you
conquered him, ascending to the heavens with glory, where you now
entreat the Risen God, to preserve the multitudes of the Orthodox in
peace, and for us who in faith honor your grace-flowing body, grant
forgiveness and great mercy.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
You put to shame tyrants through enduring tortures, O pure one, you were shown forth, O much-suffering one, as strong as a diamond, o glorious martyr of Christ, you showed forth in struggles for Christ the Savior, love and zeal and unquenchable longing, Who worthily glorified you, O Argyre.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
As an all-bright moon, you have shown
upon the world, illumining with your pains like precious stones, O
Argyre, and healing illnesses for those who cry out: Rejoice, the
pride and boast of the Martyrs.
Icon of St. Argyre the New Martyr, with scenes from her life. She appeared to the iconographer (Fr. Theologos Sakale), telling him to depict her holding the Orthodox marriage crowns, as she struggled her whole life to preserve her crown undefiled, and as she is a "protector of Marriage, and pious youth" (source)
Oikos
Let us in faith gather for this most
sacred and divine festival, which shines greater than silver and
gold, of the all-honored Champion, Argyre the New Martyr, all the
faithful who love the Martyrs, celebrating your all-radiant and
glorious feast, harmoniously praising your super-human struggles,
your deeds and pains, which you endured to preserve your
marriage in virginity spotlessly, and the true faith of the Heavenly King,
Christ God, entreating that we be granted, through your sacred and
fervent intercessions to Him, [to partake] of that heavenly
blessedness, in which the choirs joyously cry out: Rejoice, the pride
and boast of the Martyrs.
Synaxarion
On this day (April 5th or
30th), the memory of the holy, glorious New Martyr Argyre.
Verses
Argyre, through tortures in prison
Shines upon us greater than silver*.
*Note: "Argyre" in Greek means silver.
*Note: "Argyre" in Greek means silver.
Doxastikon in the Plagal of the First
Tone
Come, all you who love the Martyrs, let
us gather to praise the virgin martyr Argyre, for today she receives
from Him the Crown of Struggles, having struggled lawfully. She rent
asunder the prideful serpent, with the power of the Cross. She bore
the Orthodox faith in her steadfast mind, and shines greater than the
sun. Therefore, rejoice together, O ranks of Angels and bands of
Martyrs, together with those upon the earth, and celebrate and
glorify her, whose greatly-struggled body was granted to the earth as
a healing place of passions of the soul, and dangerous trials.
Megalynarion
As a radiant star, the much-suffering
Martyr of Christ has dawned from Bithynia, enlightening all the
multitudes of the faithful; let us magnify the glorious Argyre.
St. Argyre the New Martyr (source)
Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs, He has granted life!
Truly, the Lord is risen!
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