The Sunday of the Holy Forefathers / The Holy Prophet Daniel and the Three Youths
31st Sunday after Pentecost / Tone 6
Great
Vespers: Blessed is the man.
Lord I
have Cried, Tone 6, on 10: Resurrection 3; Forefathers 3
(Celebrating the memory of the forefathers
today); Prophet 2 (The wondrous
Daniel); Youths 2 (Observing the
God-given laws); G: Forefathers (O ye
faithful); 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:
Forefathers (Come, ye lovers of the feasts of the Church); N: Prophet
(Daniel, the man of divine desires).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x2; Forefathers (By faith Thou didst justify the Forefathers) x1.
Matins:
God is the
Lord, Tone 6; Troparia: Resurrection
x2; G: Youths (Great are the achievements of faith!); N:
Forefathers.
After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Polyeleos; Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe, Tone 6.
Sessional Hymn of the
Forefathers (With hymns let us all praise
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob); G/N: Theotokion (Like the widow who gave two mites as an offering).
Hymns of Ascents, and
Prokimenon, Tone 6.
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.
Prophet (w/out Theotokia) 3 Holy Prophet of God Daniel, pray
to God for us.
Three Youths (w/ Theotokia)* 3 Holy
Three Youths, pray to God for us.
Forefathers 4 Holy Forefathers, pray to God for
us.
Irmos of the canon of the Resurrection, Tone 6.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (Enlightened by the Spirit), Ikos, and
Sessional hymn of the Prophet (Enriched
by the grace); G: Youths (In the
flame); N: Hypakoe of the Forefathers (The
fire was transformed into dew for the children).
After Ode 6, Kontakion (A hand-wrought image ye would not worship)
and Ikos of the Forefathers.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection; Forefathers (Let us praise Adam, Abel, Seth and Enos);
G: Prophet (Let Daniel, the greatest
among the Prophets); N: Theotokion of the Forefathers (The great Sun, the Creator).
Praises, Tone 6, on 8: Resurrection 4; Forefathers 4
(Let us all now celebrate – with the
psalm verses in the Menaion); G: Forefathers (Come ye all, let us faithfully celebrate); N: Most blessed art thou. After the Great Doxology, the troparion: Having risen; the two remaining Litanies
and Resurrectional Dismissal. After
the dismissal: G/N: Gospel Sticheron; First Hour.
*The
canon for the 3 Youths comes from the service to the Holy Forefathers, rather
than the one from Dec. 17. The first and second troparion of the canon of the 3
Youths are read together as one, then the second
troparion is read, and then the Theotokion.
Hours: Troparia: Resurrection, G:
Forefathers & Youths, alternating; Kontakion: Forefathers.
Liturgy: Beatitudes on 12, Octoechos: 4; Forefathers: 4, from
Ode 3; Prophet: 4, from Ode 6.
After
the entrance: Troparia Resurrection; Forefathers; Youths; G: Kontakion of the
Prophet; N: Kontakion of the Forefathers.
Prokimenon, The song of the fathers, Tone 4: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers. & Tone 4: Wondrous is God in His saints.
Epistle: Col. 3:4-11 (§257);
Heb. 11:33-40 (§330).
Alleluia,
Tone 4.
Gospel: Luke 14:16-24 (§76);
Luke 11:47-12:1 (§62).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens & Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.
Resurrectional Dismissal.