Venerable Theodosius the Great
/ Afterfeast of Theophany
33rd Sunday after Pentecost /
Tone 8
Great
Vespers: Blessed is the man.
Lord I
have Cried, Tone 8, on 10: Octoechos 3; Feast: 3 (Having humbled Himself – from the
Vespers Aposticha); Saint 4 (O venerable
father – with the Doxasticon (O
venerable father, the river’s streams); G: Feast (Thou didst bow Thy head); 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.
Aposticha: Octoechos; G:
Saint (Multitudes of monks); N: Feast (The
angelic armies were stricken).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x2; Feast (When Thou, wast baptized in the Jordan) x1.
Matins:
God is the
Lord, Tone 8; Troparia: Resurrection
x2; G: Saint; N: Feast.
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns from the Octoechos,
Polyeleos and Magnification
of the Saint: We bless thee, O venerable father Theodosius, and we honor thy holy
memory, instructor of monks and converser with angels; The Evlogitaria
(The assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascent, and
Prokimenon, Tone 8.
Gospel
11, John 21:15-25 (§67).
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 (2nd Canon) 4 Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
Saint 4 Venerable father Theodosius, pray to God for us.
Irmos of the canon of the
Resurrection, Tone 8.
Katavasia: The Lord mighty in battles.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (Thou
hast appeared today) and Ikos of the Feast; Kontakion (Planted in the courts of thy Lord) and Ikos of the Saint; and
Sessional hymn of the Saint (Having
adorned thy soul in godly manner); G/N: Feast (Jordan ministereth to Thee with its streams).
After Ode 6,
Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G: Saint (We have been purified splendidly); N:
Feast (The Savior, Who is grace and truth).
Praises, Tone 8, on 8: Octoechos 4; Saint 4 (Having made of thyself a house of exalted
virtues – including the Doxasticon (The
ladder of the virtues), and the final two psalm verses: Precious in
the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. & What
shall I render unto the Lord for all that He hath rendered unto me?); G: Gospel Sticheron;
N: Most blessed art thou. After the Great Doxology, the troparion: Having risen; the two remaining Litanies and
Resurrectional Dismissal; First Hour.
Hours: Troparia: Resurrection; G:
Feast & Saint, alternating; Kontakion: Resurrection, Feast & Saint,
alternating.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 12: Octoechos: 4; Feast: 4, from Ode 6; Saint: 4, Ode 6.
After entrance: in a temple of the Lord, Troparion of the
Resurrection, Feast, and Saint; Kontakion of the Resurrection; G: Martyr; N:
Feast.
In a temple of the Theotokos, Troparion of the
Resurrection, Feast,
In a temple of a saint, Troparion of the Resurrection;
Feast;
Prokimenon (Sunday after
Theophany) Tone 1: Let Thy mercy, O Lord,
be upon us. & Tone 7: Precious in
the sight of the Lord.
Epistle: Eph. 4:7-13 (§224
mid); II Cor. 4:6-15 (§176).
Alleluia,
Tone 5 & Tone 6.
Gospel: Matt. 4:12-17 (§8); Matt.
11:27-30 (§43).
Instead
of It is truly meet, we sing the
refrain Magnify, O my soul, with the Irmos
of the Ninth Ode, second canon (Every
tongue is at a loss to praise thee as is due).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & In everlasting remembrance.
Resurrectional Dismissal.