The Holy Equal-of-the-Apostles Grand
Prince Vladimir, Enlightener of Rus’
Great Vespers:
Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 4, on 8: Saint 8 (In word
and deed); G: Saint (Come, let us all
hasten); N: Dogmatic Theotokion, Tone 7 (Having recourse – the tone of the previous
Sunday).
Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 7: O God, my helper art Thou.
3 Readings for the Saint.
Litia: Temple and Saint (Today the memory); G: Saint (Come ye, let us all hasten); N:
Theotokion (Christ the Lord).
Aposticha: Saint (O all glorious wonder); G: Saint (Assembling today); N: Theotokion in the
Menaion (O Mistress).
Troparia: Saint (Thou wast like a merchant) x2; O Theotokos and Virgin x1.
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 4; Troparia: Saint
x2; G/N: Theotokion, Tone
7 (As thou art the treasury – the tone of the previous Sunday).
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns of the Saint.
Polyeleos and Magnification
of the Saint: We magnify thee, O holy Equal-of-the-Apostles Grand Prince Vladimir,
and we honor thy holy memory, for thou didst trample down the idols, and
enlighten with baptism the whole Russian land. Psalm verse: The heavens declare the glory of God, and
the firmament proclaimeth the work of His hands.
Sessional hymns of the Saint
(Thou didst acquire); G: Saint (Go thou quickly); N: Theotokion (O Virgin Theotokos, who alone art pure).
Hymns of Ascents, First
Antiphon, Tone 4: From my youth.
Prokimenon of the Saint, Tone
4: I have raised up one chosen out of My
people.
Matins Gospel: John 10:9-16
(§36).
Psalm 50; G: Through the prayers of the
Equal-of-the-Apostles Grand Prince Vladimir; N: Through the prayers of the Theotokos; Have mercy on me, O God; Sticheron of the Saint (Assembling, let us praise Vladimir). Save, O God, Thy people.
Canon: Theotokos 6 Most holy Theotokos, save us.*
Saint 8 Holy Equal-of-the-Apostles, Grand Prince
Vladimir, pray to God for us.
Irmos: Traversing
the deep on foot (or temple).
Katavasia: I shall open my mouth.
After Ode 3, Sessional Hymn of the Saint (Ever keeping vigil in prayer); G/N: Theotokion (O pure Theotokos who knewest not wedlock).
After Ode 6, Kontakion (Like
the Great Apostle Paul) and Ikos of the Saint.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Exapostilarion: Saint (With thy glorious grandmother Olga);
G/N: Theotokion (O all-immaculate one).
Praises, Tone 4: Saint 4 (O Lord, Thou gavest Thy Cross); G: Saint
(Thou didst receive); N: Theotokion,
Tone 2: All of my hope do I set on thee,
O Mother of God; keep me under thy protection. After the Great Doxology:
Troparion of the Saint; G/N: Theotokion, Tone 7 (As thou art the treasury – the tone of the previous
Sunday); the two remaining Litanies, and the dismissal; First Hour.
*from the canon of the
Theotokos from Matins of the Previous Sunday. But In a temple dedicated to the
Lord or the Theotokos, 6 from the canon of the temple, with its Irmos.
Hours:
Troparion: Saint; Kontakion: Saint.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 8: From the canon of the Saint: 4 from Ode 3, first Canon; and 4
from Ode 6, second Canon.
After the entrance: Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, C.
Prokimenon, Tone 3: O chant unto our God, chant ye.
Epistle: Gal. 1:11-19 (§200).
Alleluia,
Tone 6.
Gospel: John 10:1-9 (§35).
Communion Hymn: In everlasting remembrance.
After the Liturgy: A Moleben is sung to St. Vladimir, with a procession around the
temple, where possible, and saying a few words about the importance of St.
Vladimir, who enlightened the