St. Sergius of Radonezh
Great Vespers:
Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 4, on 8: Saint 8 (When,
before thy birth); G: Saint (Come,
all ye faithful); N: Dogmatic Theotokion, Tone 8 (In His love for mankind).
Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 6: My help cometh from the Lord.
3 Readings
for the Saint.
Litia: Temple and Saint (Come, ye who love the feasts of the Church);
G: Saint (Come, ye multitude of monastics);
N: Theotokion (O Theotokos, thou art the
true vine).
Aposticha: Saint (O Lord, Thou hast granted to Thy Church);
G: Saint (We honor thee); N: Theotokion, Tone 8 (O
unwedded Virgin).
Troparia: Saint (From thy youth thou didst receive Christ)
x2; O Theotokos and Virgin x1.
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 8; Troparia: Saint
x2; G/N: Theotokion, Tone
8 (O Good One).
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns of the Saint.
Polyeleos and Magnification
of the Saint: We bless thee, O venerable father Sergius, and we honor thy holy
memory, O instructor of monks and converser with the angels. Psalm
verse: With patience I waited patiently
for the Lord, and He was attentive unto me, and He hearkened unto my
supplication.
Sessional hymns of the Saint
(We all earnestly beseech thee); G/N:
Theotokion (Incomprehensible and
unattainable).
Hymns of Ascents, First
Antiphon, Tone 4: From my youth.
Prokimenon of the Saint, Tone
4: Precious in the sight of the Lord.
Matins Gospel: Matt. 11:27-30
(§43).
Psalm 50; G: Through the prayers of venerable Sergius;
N: Through the prayers of the Theotokos;
Have mercy on me, O God; Sticheron of
the Saint (O venerable father, thou didst
despise the beauty of the world). Save,
O God, Thy people.
Canon: Theotokos 6
Most holy Theotokos, save us.
(from the Supplicatory
canon of the Theotokos: Distressed by
many temptations)
Saint 8 Venerable father
Sergius, pray to God for us.
Irmos: Having
passed through the water as on dry land.
Katavasia: I shall open my mouth.
After Ode 3, Sessional Hymn of the Saint (With great abstinence); G/N: Theotokion (All of us, the generations of men).
After
Ode 6, Kontakion (Thy precious relics) and Ikos of the
Saint.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Exapostilarion: Saint (Assembling today); G/N: Theotokion (O all-pure Virgin).
Praises, Tone 4: Saint 4 (As a greatly radiant star of Christ); G:
Saint (Having assembled today); N:
Theotokion (O Theotokos, thou art the
true vine). After the Great Doxology: Troparion of the Saint; G/N:
Theotokion, Tone 8 (O
Good One). The two remaining Litanies, and
the dismissal. First hour.
The Hours:
Troparion: Saint; Kontakion: Saint.
The Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 8: From the canon of the Saint: 4 from Ode 3; and 4 from Ode 6.
After the entrance: Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, C.
Prokimenon, Tone 7: Precious in the sight of the Lord.
Epistle: Gal. 5:22-6:2
(§213).
Alleluia,
Tone 6.
Gospel: Luke 6:17-23 (§24).
Communion Hymn: In everlasting remembrance.