The Holy Hierarch Metropolitan Jonah of Moscow and All Russia

3rd Sunday After Pentecost / Tone 2

Vespers:

Blessed is the man

At Lord I have Cried: Resurrection 4; Hierarch 6; G: Hierarch; N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of the week

3 Readings for the Hierarch

Aposticha: Octoechos; G: Hierarch; N: Theotokion in tone 4

Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3

Matins:

Troparia after God is the Lord: Resurrection x2; G: Hierarch; N: Resurrectional Theotokion in the 4th tone.

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos

Polyeleos and Magnification of the Hierarch, The Evlogitaria

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

Hymns of Ascent, and Prokimenon in tone of the week

Matins Gospel 3

“Having beheld the Resurrection;” Psalm 50; Glory: “Through the prayers of the Apostles,” Both now: “Through the prayers of the Theotokos,” “Have mercy on me, O God,” “Jesus having risen…” Then the Litany: “Save, O God, Thy people…”

Canon:

Resurrection 4 “Glory to Thy Holy Resurrection, O Lord.”

Theotokos 2 “O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.”

Hierarch 8 “Holy Hierarch father Jonah, pray to God for us.”

Katavasia, “I shall open my mouth…”

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

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection

At Ode 9, “More Honorable...”

Holy is the Lord, our God.

Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G: Hierarch; N: Resurrectional Theotokion

Praises: Resurrection 4; Hierarch 4 (with Doxasticon and Psalm verses below); G: Gospel Sticheron; N: “Most blessed art thou…”

[Last two Psalm verses at the Praises:

“My mouth shall speak wisdom and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.”

“Hear this, all ye nations; give ear, all ye that inhabit the earth.”]

At the Hours: Troparia: Resurrection; G: Hierarch; Kontakion: Hierarch & Resurrection, alternating.