The Holy Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

9^th Sunday After Pentecost / Tone 8

Vespers:

Blessed is the man

At Lord I have Cried: Resurrection 7; Saints 3; G/N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of the week

Aposticha: Octoechos; G/N: Theotokion in the Octoechos

Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3

Matins:

Troparia after God is the Lord: Resurrection x2; G: Saints; N: Resurrectional Theotokion Tone 4.

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos

Blessed are the blameless

The Evlogitaria

Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascent, and Prokimenon in tone of the week

Matins Gospel 9

“Having beheld the Resurrection;” Psalm 50; Glory: “Through the prayers of the Apostles,” Both now: “Through the prayers of the Theotokos,” “Have mercy on me, O God,” “Jesus having risen…” Then the Litany: “Save, O God, Thy people…”

Canon:

Resurrection 4 “Glory to Thy Holy Resurrection, O Lord.”

Cross and Resurrection 3 “Glory, O Lord, to Thy precious Cross and Resurrection “

Theotokos 3 “O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.”

Saints 4 “Holy seven youths, pray to God for us.”

Katavasia, “Inscribing the invincible weapon of the Cross upon the waters” 

After Ode 3, Kontakion, and Sessional hymns of the Saints

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection

At Ode 9, “More Honorable...”

Holy is the Lord, our God.

Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G: Saints; N: Resurrectional Theotokion

Praises: Resurrection 8; G: Gospel Sticheron; N: “Most blessed art thou…”

At the Hours: Troparia: Resurrection; G: Saints; Kontakion: Resurrection