The Ascension of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ

Vespers:

Blessed is the man is NOT sung

At Lord I have Cried: Feast 10; G/N: Feast

3 Readings for the Feast

Litia & Aposticha: Feast

Troparia: Feast x3

Matins:

Troparia after God is the Lord: Feast x3

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns of the Feast

Polyeleos, followed by the Magnification:

“We magnify Thee, O Christ the Giver of life, and we honor Thy divine Ascension with Thy most pure Flesh into heaven.”

Psalm verse: “Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout unto God with a voice of rejoicing.”

(This is not found in the Pentecostarion from Boston, but it is in the Jordanville Horologion, in the section “Selected Psalms”, which gives all the additional selected verses)

Sessional hymn of the Feast

Hymn of Ascents, 1^st Antiphon, Tone 4: From my youth…

Prokimenon of the Feast

Matins Gospel : Mark 16:9-20

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,” “Today the host on high…”; Then the Litany: “Save, O God, Thy people…”

Canon:

1st Canon of the Feast 8 “Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.”

2nd Canon of the Feast 6 “Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.”

Katavasia, “Covered by the divine cloud” 

After Ode 3, Sessional hymn of the Feast

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Feast

At Ode 9, We do not sing “More Honorable...” We instead sing the refrains of the Feast, with the canon of the feast (The refrain of the 1st Canon is: “Magnify, O my soul, Christ the giver of life, Who ascended from earth to heaven.” The refrain of the 2nd Canon is in the English Pentecostarion (The Angels, seeing the ascent…)

Exapostilarion: Feast

Praises: Feast 4; G/N: Feast

After the Great Doxology: Troparion of the Feast

At the Hours: Troparion: Feast; Kontakion: Feast.