The Beheading of
Great Vespers: Blessed is
the man
Lord I
have Cried, Tone 6, on 8: Forerunner 8 (While the birthday); G: Forerunner (While the birthday); N: Theotokion (Who doth not call thee blessed).
Entry, Prokimenon of the day,
Tone 6: My help cometh from the Lord.
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Litia: Forerunner (What shall we call thee, O prophet?); G:
(Herod, thinking to escape); N: (Hymn, O hymn ye the
Mother of our God).
Aposticha: Forerunner; (O John the Baptist, preacher of repentance); G: (O forerunner of the Savior); N: (O unwedded Virgin).
Troparia: Forerunner x2 (The memory of the righteous); O Theotokos and Virgin. x1
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 2; Troparia:
Forerunner x2; G/N Resurrectional Theotokion in the 2nd tone (All of thy most glorious mysteries).
After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns of the Forerunner
Polyeleos and Magnification
of the Forerunner: We magnify thee, O John, baptizer of the Savior, and we all honor the
severing of thy venerable head. Psalm verse: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he
greatly delight.
Sessional hymn of the
Forerunner (Having denounced Herod);
G/N: Theotokion (The Word of the Father
descended to earth).
Hymn of Ascents, 1st
Antiphon, Tone 4: From
my youth.
Prokimenon of the Forerunner,
Tone 4: Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of His saints.
Matins Gospel: Matthew 14:1-13 (§57)
Having beheld the
Resurrection is not sung
Psalm 50; G: Through the prayers of the Forerunner;
N: Through the prayers of the Theotokos;
Have mercy on me, O God; Sticheron of
the Forerunner: (The disciple of the most
evil devil danced); Save, O God, Thy
people.
Canon: Forerunner
(1st canon) 8 Holy Great John, Forerunner of the Lord,
pray to God for us.
Forerunner (2nd canon) 6 Holy Great John,
Forerunner of the Lord, pray to God for us.
Irmos, Having passed through
the water as on dry land.
Katavasia, Inscribing the invincible weapon of the Cross.
After Ode 3, Sessional Hymn of the Forerunner (Having shone forth by the judgment of God);
G/N: Theotokion (All of us, the
generations of men).
After Ode 6, Kontakion (The glorious beheading) and Ikos of the Forerunner
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Exapostilarion: Forerunner (With hymns of praise let us magnify the forerunner); G: Second of
the Forerunner (The vile Herod); N:
Theotokion (Having destroyed the curse on
the world).
Praises, Tone 8, on 4: Forerunner 4 (O all-glorious wonder); G: Forerunner (Again Herodias rageth insanely); N: Theotokion (O Theotokos, thou art the true vine).
After the Great Doxology, the troparion: Troparion of the Forerunner; G/N Resurrectional Theotokion in the 2nd tone (All of thy most glorious mysteries); the two remaining Litanies and Daily dismissal; First Hour.
The Hours: Troparion: Forerunner; Kontakion: Forerunner.
The Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 8: From the canon of the Saint, 4 from Ode 3 of the First Canon; and 4 from Ode 6 of the Second Canon.
After the entrance: Troparia &
Kontakia as in Appendix I, C.
Prokimenon, Tone 7: The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord, and shall hope in Him.
Epistle: Acts 13:13-33a (§33)
Alleluia, Tone 4
Gospel: Mark 6:14-30 (§24)
Communion Hymn: In everlasting remembrance shall the
righteous be; he shall not be afraid of evil tidings.