The Sunday of the Holy Forefathers / St.
Herman of
28th Sunday after Pentecost / Tone 3
Vespers: Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 3, on 10: Octoechos 3; Forefathers 4 (Celebrating the memory); Saint 3 (Leap up, ye waters of Valaam); 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.
3 readings for the Saint.
Litia: Temple; Saint (O ascetic of New Valaam);
G: Forefathers (The prophets of great
renown); N: Theotokion in the Menaion (Behold
the prophecy of Isaiah hath been fulfilled).
Aposticha: Octoechos; G:
Saint (O venerable father); N:
Forefathers (Come ye who love the feasts
of the Church).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x2; Forefathers (By faith Thou didst justify the Forefathers).
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 3; Troparia:
Resurrection x2; G: Saint; N: Forefathers.
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Polyeleos; Magnification of
the Saint: We bless thee, O venerable father Herman, and we honor thy holy memory,
thou instructor of monks and converser with angels; Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe of the Tone; all
Sessional Hymns of the Saint; G: Saint (In
a fragile ship); N: Forefathers (With
hymns let us praise).
Hymns of Ascents, and
Prokimenon, Tone 3.
Matins Gospel 6, Luke 24:36-53 (§114).
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.
Saint (w/o Theotokion) 3 Venerable
father Herman, pray to God for us.
Three Youths* 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 3.
Katavasia of Nativity: Christ is born!
After Ode 3, Kontakion (O
beloved of the Mother of God) Ikos, and Sessional Hymn of the Saint (The day of thy commemoration); G/N:
Hypakoe of the Forefathers (The fire was
transformed into dew).
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); G: Saint
(O Lord, Bestower of life); N:
Theotokion of the Forefathers (The great
Sun, the Creator).
Praises, Tone 3, on 8:
Octoechos 3; Forefathers 2 (Let us all
now celebrate); Saint 3 (From this
day and from this very hour – with the doxasticon (Thou didst wondrously ascend the ladder) and the final two psalm
verses: Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of His saints. & Blessed
is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he greatly delight);
G: Fathers (Come ye all, let us
faithfully celebrate); N: Most
blessed art thou. After the Great Doxology, the Troparion: Today is salvation; the two remaining
Litanies and Sunday Dismissal. After the dismissal: G/N: Gospel Sticheron;
followed by First Hour.
*First two Troparia combined
as one, then the third, and then the Theotokion.
Hours:
Troparia: Resurrection; G: Forefathers & Saint, alternating; Kontakion:
Forefathers & Saint, alternating.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 12, Octoechos 4; Forefathers 4, from Ode 3; Saint 4, from Ode 6.
After the entrance: Troparia of the Resurrection, Forefathers, Saint; G:
Kontakion of the Saint; N: Kontakion of the Forefathers.
Prokimenon, Tone 4: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our
fathers. & Tone 7: Precious in
the sight of the Lord.
Epistle: Col. 3:4-11 (§257);
Gal. 5:22-6:2 (§213).
Alleluia,
Tone 4 & Tone 8.
Gospel: Luke 14:16-24 (§76);
Luke 6:17-23a (§24).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.
Resurrectional Dismissal.