The Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God
4th Sunday After
Pentecost / Tone 3
Note: If the rector so
directs, a simple service may be served for the Martyr Agrippina of Rome.
See ODS, §1A.
Great Vespers:
Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 3, on 10: Octoechos 4; Icon 6 (Thou art like a luminous palace); G: Icon (Come, ye assemblies of Russia); N: Sunday Dogmatic Theotokion in
the tone of the week.
Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 6: The Lord is King.
3 Readings
for the Icon.
Litia: Sticheron of the
Temple and the stichera of the Icon (At
thine icon, O Theotokos); G/N: Icon (To
thee do all the generations of men).
Aposticha: Octoechos; G/N:
Icon (Let the assemblies of Russia
rejoice).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x2; Icon (Today the most glorious city of Moscow is
adorned) x1.
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 3; Troparia:
Resurrection x2; G/N: Icon (Today the
most glorious city of Moscow is adorned).
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Polyeleos and Magnification
of the Icon: It is meet to magnify thee, O Theotokos, more honorable than the Cherubim
and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim; The Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe, Tone
3; all the Sessional hymns of the Icon.
Hymns of Ascents, and
Prokimenon, Tone 3.
Matins Gospel
4, Luke 24:1-12 (§112).
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.
Icon 8 O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Irmos of the canon of the
Resurrection, Tone 3.
Katavasia, I shall open my mouth.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (As
ones delivered from evils), Ikos, and Sessional hymns of the Icon (O ye God-loving people).
After
Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the
Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection;
G/N: Icon (Let the Mother of God be
honored).
Praises, Tone 3, on 8:
Resurrection 4; Icon 4 (O Mistress,
Christ, thy Son – with the doxasticon (O
Good One) and the final two psalm verses: Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear. & The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David, and
He will not annul it); 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.
Hours:
Troparia: Resurrection; G: Icon; Kontakion: Icon & Resurrection,
alternating.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Icon 4, from Ode 3.
After the entrance: Troparion of the Resurrection; Icon; G: Kontakion of
the Resurrection; N: Icon.
Prokimenon, Tone 3: O chant unto our God, chant ye. & Tone 3: My soul doth magnify the Lord.
Epistle: Rom. 6:18-23 (§93);
Phil. 2:5-11 (§240).
Alleluia, Tone
3 & Tone 8.
Gospel: Matt. 8:5-13 (§25);
Luke 10:38-42,11:27-28 (§54).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens & I will take the cup of salvation.
Resurrectional Dismissal.