The Holy Glorious Prophet Elijah

8th Sunday After Pentecost / Tone 7

 

Vespers:  Blessed is the man

Lord I have Cried, Tone 7, on 10:  Octoechos 4; Prophet 6; G: Prophet; N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of the week

Entrance: Prokimenon of the day, tone 6: The Lord is King;

3 Readings for the Prophet

Litia: Sticheron of the Temple and the stichera of the Prophet

Aposticha: Octoechos; G: Prophet; N: Theotokion in tone 6 (Christ the Lord, my Creator and Deliverer).

Troparia:  O Theotokos and Virgin x2; Prophet x1

 

Matins:  God is the Lord, Tone 7; Troparia: Resurrection x2; G: Prophet; N: Resurrectional Theotokion in the 4th tone (The mystery hidden from before the ages).

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos

Polyeleos and Magnification of the Prophet: We magnify thee, O Prophet Elijah the glorious, and we honor thy fiery ascent in the flesh into heaven, The Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).

Hypakoe of the Tone, All Sessional hymns of the Prophet,

Hymns of Ascent, and Prokimenon in tone of the week

Matins Gospel 8

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.

                Prophet (2 Canons)              8              Holy prophet of God Elijah, pray to God for us.

                Irmos of the canon of the resurrection, Tone 7

                Katavasia, “I shall open my mouth…” 

 

After Ode 3, Kontakion, Ikos, and Sessional hymns of the Prophet

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection

At Ode 9, More Honorable

 

Holy is the Lord, our God.   

Exapostilaria:  Resurrection; Prophet (The Light Who showed); G: Prophet (Thou wast caught up); N: Resurrectional Theotokion

Praises, Tone 7, on 8: Resurrection 4; Prophet 4 (with doxasticon, and the final two psalm verses: Moses and Aaron are among His priests and Samuel among those who call upon His name. & Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek); G: Gospel Sticheron; N: “Most blessed art thou…”

 

After the Great Doxology, the troparion: Today is salvation; the two remaining Litanies and Sunday dismissal; First Hour.

 

At the Hours:  Troparia: Resurrection; G: Prophet; Kontakion: Prophet and Resurrection, alternating.

 

Liturgy: Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Prophet 4, from Ode 3.

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

Prokimenon Tone 7, The Lord will give strength unto His people, and Tone 4: Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.

Epistle: I Corinthians 1:10-18 (§124); James 5:10-20 (§57)

Alleluia, Tone 7 and 4

Gospel: Matthew 14:14-22 (§58) and Luke 4:22-30 (§14)

Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens; and In everlasting remembrance.

Resurrectional Dismissal