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, Temple, and Apostle; Kontakion of the Resurrection, Martyr; G: Feast; N: Temple.

               In a temple of a saint, Troparion of the Resurrection; Feast; Temple; and Apostle; Kontakion of the Resurrection; Temple; G: Apostle; N: 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