Apostle Matthias /
Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
9th Sunday after
Pentecost / Tone 8
Great
Vespers: Blessed is the man
Lord I
have Cried, Tone 8, on 10:
Octoechos 3; Feast: 3 (Come, and with
faith let us celebrate together); Apostle 4 (O Apostle Matthias); G: Feast (Grace
was poured forth in thy lips); N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of the week.
Entry: Prokimenon of the day, Tone 6: The Lord is King.
3 Readings for the Apostle.
Aposticha: Octoechos; G:
Apostle (Full of divine zeal); N: Feast (O
Christ God Who wast transfigured).
Troparia:
O Theotokos and Virgin x2; Feast (Thou wast transfigured) x1.
Matins:
God is the
Lord, Tone 8; Troparia: Resurrection
x2; G: Apostle; N: Feast.
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns from the Octoechos,
Polyeleos and Magnification
of the Apostle: We magnify thee, O holy apostle Matthias, and we honor thy pains and
labors whereby thou hadst labored in the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ;
The Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels
was amazed).
Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascent, and
Prokimenon, Tone 8.
Matins Gospel 9, John 20:19-31 (§65).
Having beheld the resurrection; Psalm 50; G: Through
the prayers of the apostles; N: Through
the prayers of the Theotokos; Have
mercy on me, O God; Jesus having risen. Save,
O God, Thy people.
Canon: Resurrection 4 Glory to Thy Holy Resurrection, O
Lord.
Theotokos 2 O
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Feast (first canon) 4 Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
Apostle 4 Holy apostle Matthias, pray to God for us.
Irmos of the Canon of the
Resurrection, Tone 8.
Katavasia of the
Transfiguration: The choirs of Israel
passed dry-shod.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (On the mount Thou wast transfigured) and Ikos of the Feast;
Kontakion
(Thy luminous sound which hath gone forth)
and Ikos of the Apostle; and Sessional hymn of the Apostle (With the lightning-flashes of thy divine
words); G/N: Feast (The lightning
hidden beneath the flesh).
After Ode 6,
Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria:
Resurrection; G: Apostle (Directing the
course of thy beautiful feet on high); N: Feast (O Word, Thou immutable Light).
Praises, Tone 8, on 8: Octoechos 4; Apostle 4 (With the rod of grace – including the
doxasticon (Thou didst fight the good
fight), and the final two psalm verses: Their sound hath gone forth into all the
earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. & The
heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaimeth the work of His
hands); G:
Gospel Sticheron; N: Most blessed art
thou. After the Great Doxology, the Troparion: Having risen; the two remaining Litanies and Sunday
Dismissal; First Hour.
Hours: Troparia: Resurrection; G:
Feast & Apostle, alternating; Kontakion: Resurrection, Feast & Apostle,
alternating.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 12: Octoechos: 4; Feast: 4, from Ode 4; Apostle: 4, Ode 6.
After entrance: in a temple of the Lord, Troparion of the
Resurrection, Feast, and Apostle; Kontakion of the Resurrection; G: Martyr; N:
Feast.
In a temple of the Theotokos, Troparion of the
Resurrection, Feast,
In a temple of a saint, Troparion of the Resurrection;
Feast;
Prokimenon, Tone 8: Make your vows. &
Tone 8: Their sound hath gone forth.
Epistle: I Cor. 3:9-17
(§128); Acts 1:12-17,21-26 (§2).
Alleluia,
Tone 8 & Tone 1.
Gospel: Matt. 14:22-34 (§59);
Luke 9:1-6 (§40).
Instead of It is truly meet, we sing the refrain Magnify, O my soul, with the Irmos of
the Ninth Ode, first canon (Thy
birthgiving was undefiled).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & Their sound hath gone forth.
Resurrectional Dismissal