Apodosis of the Nativity of Christ
Commemoration of the Holy &
Righteous Joseph the Betrothed,
David the King,
& James the Brother of the Lord
Tone 8 / 33rd Sunday after Pentecost
Note: The
hymns of the Feast are taken from the text of the feast itself (December 25).
The hymns of the saints are taken from the service for the Sunday after
Nativity in the Menaion.
Great
Vespers: Blessed is the man.
Lord I
have Cried, Tone 8, on 10: Octoechos 3; Feast 4 (Come let us rejoice in the Lord); Saints 3 (Let us all praise King David); G: Saints (Let us celebrate the memory); N: Feast (When Augustus reigned alone upon the earth).
Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 6: The Lord is King.
Aposticha: Octoechos; G:
Saints (Thy birthgiving); N: Feast (Thou madest Thine abode within a cave).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x2;
Saints (O Joseph, proclaim the wonders)
x1.
Matins:
God is the
Lord, Tone 8; Troparia: Resurrection
x2; G: Saints; N: Feast.
After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Blessed are the blameless; Evlogitaria
(The assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascents,
and Prokimenon, Tone 8.
Matins Gospel 11, John 21:15-25 (§67).
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.
Saints 4 Holy Kinsmen of Christ, pray to
God for us.
Feast (both Canons) 6
Glory to Thee, our God, glory
to Thee.
Irmos of the canon
of the Resurrection, Tone 8.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (Today
divine David is filled with gladness), Ikos, and Sessional hymns of the
Saints (Right fittingly let us hymn the
righteous Joseph); G/N: Hypakoe of the Feast (The sky hath brought the firstfruits).
After Ode
6, Kontakion (Today
the Virgin) and Ikos of the Feast.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection,
G: Saints (Let us hymn David, the
forefather of God); N: Feast (From on
high our Savior).
Praises, Tone 8, on 8: Resurrection 4; Feast 4 (Be glad, O ye righteous – with the last
two psalm verses: From the womb before the morning star have I begotten
Thee. The Lord hath sworn and will not repent. &
The Lord said unto my Lord: Sit Thou at My right hand); G: Saints (Blood and fire and
clouds of smoke); N: Most blessed art
thou. After the Great Doxology, the Troparion: Having risen; the two remaining Litanies and
Resurrectional Dismissal. After the
dismissal: G/N:
Gospel Sticheron; First Hour.
Hours: Troparia: Resurrection, G: Feast and Saints,
alternating; Kontakion: Feast and Saints, alternating
Liturgy: Beatitudes on 12, Octoechos: 4; Feast: 4, from Ode 9,
first canon; Saints: 4, Ode 6.
After
the entrance: Troparia Resurrection; Feast; Saints; G: Kontakion of the Saints; N:
Kontakion of the Feast.
Prokimenon, Tone 8: Let all the earth worship Thee and chant unto Thee. & Tone 4: Wondrous is God in His saints.
Epistle: Gal. 1:11-19 (§200).
Alleluia,
Tone 1 & Tone 4.
Gospel: Matt. 2:13-23 (§4).
Instead of It is truly meet, we sing the refrain Magnify, O my soul, with the Irmos of
the Ninth Ode, second canon (Better would
it be for us to keep silence in fear).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & The Lord hath sent redemption unto His
people.
Resurrectional Dismissal.