St. Thomas of Mt. Maleon / St. Acacius of Mt. Sinai

6th Sunday After Pentecost / Tone 5

 

Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 5, on 10: Octoechos 4; St. Thomas 3 (O father, we have come to know thee); St. Acacius 3 (Through abstinence); G/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.

Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.

 

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 5; Troparia: Resurrection x2; G: Saints (O God of our fathers); N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 4 (The mystery hidden).

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.

Blessed are the blameless; The Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).

Hypakoe; Hymns of Ascents; and Prokimenon, Tone 5.

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.

                Theotokos                             2              O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.   

                St. Thomas                           4              Venerable father Thomas, pray to God for us.

                St. Acacius                            4              Venerable father Acacius, pray to God for us.

                Irmos of the canon of the Resurrection, Tone 5.

                Katavasia: I shall open my mouth.

 

After Ode 3, Kontakion (Truly thou didst show forth a great victory!) of St. Thomas; Kontakion (Forsaking the world) of St. Acacius; Sessional hymn of the St. Thomas (Having shown thyself); G: St. Acacius (By the splendor of faith); N: Theotokion (By thy divine birthgiving).

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Holy is the Lord, our God.   

Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G/N: Resurrectional Theotokion.

Praises, Tone 5, on 8: Resurrection 8; 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.

 

The Hours: Troparia: Resurrection; G: Saints; Kontakion: Resurrection.

 

Liturgy: Beatitudes on 8, Octoechos 8.

After the entrance: Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, B.  

Prokimenon Tone 5: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us.

Epistle: Rom. 12:6-14 (§110).

Alleluia, Tone 5.

Gospel: Matt. 9:1-8 (§29).

Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens.

Resurrectional Dismissal.