Martyr Tryphon / Forefeast of the
Meeting of the Lord
36th Sunday After Pentecost / Tone 3
Great Vespers:
Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 3, on 10: Octoechos 4; Forefeast 3 (The honored temple); Martyr 3 (O
most lauded Tryphon); G: Martyr (Thou
didst disdain that which is on earth); N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of
the week.
Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 6: The Lord is King.
Aposticha: Octoechos; G/N:
Forefeast (The sacred Virgin).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x2; Forefeast (The celestial choir) x1.
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 3; Troparia:
Resurrection x2; G: Martyr (In his
sufferings, O Lord); N: Forefeast.
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Blessed are the blameless*; Evlogitaria (The
assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascents,
and Prokimenon, Tone 3.
Matins Gospel 3, Mark 16:9-20 (§71).
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.
Forefeast 4 Glory to Thee, our God, glory to
Thee.
Martyr 4 Holy martyr Tryphon, pray to God
for us.
Irmos of the canon of the Resurrection, Tone 3.
Katavasia: The Sun once shone with its rays.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (The
Word Who is invisibly with the Father) and Ikos of the Forefeast; Kontakion
(With the steadfastness of the Trinity),
and Sessional hymn of the Martyr (Delighting
in the pangs of thy flesh); G/N: Forefeast (O eternal repository of the Life of all).
After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection;
G: Martyr (Delighting in all-glorious and
divine sustenance); N: Forefeast (When
the most immaculate Maiden).
Praises, Tone 3, on 8:
Octoechos 4; Forefeast 4 (Christ, the Son
– from the Matins Aposticha, with the Doxasticon (The Creator of heaven) and the Psalm verses); G: Gospel Sticheron;
N: Most blessed art thou. After the
Great Doxology, the Troparion: Today is
salvation; the two remaining Litanies and Resurrectional Dismissal; First
Hour.
Hours:
Troparia: Resurrection; G: Forefeast & Saint, alternating; Kontakion:
Forefeast & Resurrection, alternating.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos: 6; Forefeast: 4, from Ode 3.
After entrance: in a temple of the Lord, Troparion of the
Resurrection, Forefeast, and Martyr; Kontakion of the Resurrection; G: Martyr;
N: Forefeast.
In a
temple of the Theotokos, Troparion of the Resurrection, Forefeast, Temple, and
Martyr; Kontakion of the Resurrection; Forefeast; G: Martyr; N: Temple.
In a temple of a saint, Troparion of the Resurrection,
Forefeast, Temple, and Martyr; Kontakion of the Resurrection; Temple; G:
Martyr; N: Forefeast.
Prokimenon, Tone 3: O chant unto our God, chant ye. &
Tone 7: The righteous man shall be glad
in the Lord.
Epistle: I Tim. 4:9-15 (§285
mid); Rom. 8:28-39 (§99).
Alleluia,
Tone 3 & Tone 4.
Gospel: Luke 19:1-10 (§94);
Luke 10:19-21 (§51 mid).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & In everlasting remembrance.
Resurrectional Dismissal.
*cf. Typikon, February 1st,
1st Markan Chapter; Rozanov, p 236-237. Psalm 118 (17th Kathisma) is sung in
tone 5, regardless of the tone of the week, and immediately after, we sing the
troparia "The assembly of angels."