February 18. Second
Saturday of Lent. Tone 5. Commemoration
of the Departed.
St. Leo Pope of Rome
Vespers with the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts: Kathisma 18.
Small litany.
Lord, I have cried, Tone 4, on 10: The Idiomelon
in the Triodion, x2 (Now is the accepted
time); Martyrs 4 (Despising every
earthly thing – from Friday evening vespers in the Octoechos and LTS, p. 327); Hierarch 4 (What shall we name thee); G: Hymn for
the dead, from the Octoechos, Tone 5 (I
called to mind the Prophet’s words); N: Dogmatic Theotokion, Tone 5 (Once,
the image of the Bride).
Entry
with the censer; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the Triodion, Tone 4: Let Thy mercy and Thy truth continually help
me.
Reading: Gen. 5:32-6:8.
Prokimenon of the Triodion,
Tone 6: I said: O Lord, have mercy on me,
heal my soul.
Reading: Prov. 6:20-7:1.
Let my prayer arise; and the rest of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.
Vespers, If
the Presanctified Liturgy is not served: Kathisma 18.
Small litany.
Lord, I have cried, Tone 5, on 6: Martyrs 3 (Despising every earthly thing – from
Friday evening vespers in the Octoechos or LTS,
p. 327); Hierarch 3 (What shall we name
thee); G: Hymn for the dead, from the Octoechos, Tone 5 (I called to mind the Prophet’s words);
N: Dogmatic Theotokion, Tone 5 (Once, the image of the Bride).
There
is no entrance; Reader: O Gladsome Light;
Prokimenon of the Triodion, Tone 4: Let Thy mercy and Thy truth continually help
me.
Reading: Gen. 5:32-6:8.
Prokimenon of the Triodion,
Tone 6: I said: O Lord, have mercy on me,
heal my soul.
Reading: Prov. 6:20-7:1.
Vouchsafe, O Lord; Litany: Let us complete our evening prayer.
Aposticha: Idiomelon of the Triodion (which is the
first verse at Lord I have cried, in
the Triodion – Now is the accepted time)
x2; The Martyricon from the Octoechos, Tone 5 (With the streams of their blood – from the stichera for Lord, I have cried for Friday evening,
Tone 5) x1; G/N: Theotokion, Tone 5 (To
thee do we pray, as the Mother of god – from the Theotokia in the Eight Tones in the Appendix of the Menaion).
Troparia: O
Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets; G: Remember,
O Lord; N: Theotokion (Holy mother of
the Ineffable Light).
Litany: Have
mercy on us, O God;
Prayer of St. Ephraim, with 3 prostrations.
The prayer: O
All-Holy Trinity, the Consubstantial Dominion.
Blessed be the name of the
Lord x3.
G/N: Psalm 33 is read.
Priest: Wisdom!
Choir: It is
truly meet to bless thee, the Theotokos, ever-blessed and most blameless and
Mother of our God.
Priest: O most
holy Theotokos, save us.
Choir: More
honorable.
Priest: Glory
to Thee, O Christ our God and our Hope, glory to Thee.
Choir: G/N:
Lord, have mercy x3. Father (Master) bless!
Dismissal.
Great
Compline: After the first Trisagion,
the Troparia: O Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets; G: Remember, O Lord; N: Theotokion (Holy mother of the Ineffable Light).
After the second Trisagion,
we sing Have mercy on us, O Lord, as usual.
Canon of
the departed from the Octoechos, from the canon at Matins, Tone 5, without
Irmoi.
After It is truly meet, Trisagion, Kontakion of the Departed (With the Saints give rest).
Great Dismissal.
Saturday Midnight Office: Kathisma 9.
Matins: The
usual beginning for daily Matins.
In place of God
is the Lord, we sing Alleluia, Tone
2, with the following verses (as at a
Pannikhida):
1. Blessed are
they whom Thou hast chosen and hast taken to Thyself, O Lord.
2. Their
remembrance is unto generation and generation.
3. Their souls
shall dwell among good things.
Then these Troparia: O Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets; G: Remember, O Lord; N: Theotokion (Holy mother of the Ineffable Light).
Kathisma 16. Small litany (usual, not
for the departed). Sessional Hymns from the Octoechos, Tone 5 Martyrs (Thou hast given us an indestructible bulwark
– 2nd hymn of the 1st set of sessional hymns in the
Octoechos); Martyrs (Zealous for the cup
of Thy sufferings – 1st hymn of the 2nd set of
sessional hymns); Verse (Wondrous is God
in His saints, the God of Israel); Martyrs (The host of heaven wondered – 2nd hymn of the 2nd
set of sessional hymns); Verse (Blessed
are they whom Thou hast chosen and taken to Thyself, O Lord); Hymn for the
Dead (Unto Thy servants grant rest –
Nekrosimon from the 2nd set of sessional hymns); G/N: Theotokion (O Christ God Who shone forth – from the
2nd set of sessional hymns) – or you can use the hymns as arranged
in LTS, p. 328f).
Choir: Lord,
have mercy x3; Glory; Reader: Both now; and he begins the first half
of Kathisma 17, with the refrain Blessed art Thou, O
Lord, sung slowly, softly, and repeatedly, by the choir, while this is
read. The last two verses (If Thy law had not been; & I will never forget Thy statutes) are sung
thrice by the choir.
Small Litany (for the departed): Deacon: Again and again, in peace let us pray to the
Lord. Choir: Lord, have mercy. Deacon: Again we pray for the repose of the
departed servants of God, our forefathers, fathers, brethren, and the Orthodox
here and everywhere laid to rest and that they may be forgiven every
transgression, both voluntary and involuntary. Choir: Lord, have mercy. Deacon:
That the Lord God commit… Choir: Lord,
have mercy. Deacon: The mercy of God…
Choir: Grant this, O Lord. Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord Choir:
Lord, have mercy x40, While the priest secretly says the
prayer O God of spirits. Exclamation
(For Thou art the Resurrection).
Choir: Amen.
The second half of Kathisma 17 is read, with the
refrain Save me, O Savior, sung while this is read,
as above. Last two verses (My soul shall live; & I have gone astray) are sung
thrice.
Then immediately, the choir sings the Evlogitaria of
the Departed (Blessed art Thou, O Lord;
The choir of the saints; and the
rest). Small Litany (for the departed, as previously). Sessional
Hymn (Give rest, O our Savior); G/N
Theotokion (O Christ God, Who didst shine
forth); Psalm 50.
Canon (Odes 1-5): In
a Temple of the Lord or the Theotokos:
Canon of the Temple
(Including Irmos) 6
Hierarch
4 Holy
hierarch father Leo, pray to God for us.
In a
Hierarch 6 Holy
hierarch father Leo, pray to God for us.
Canon of the Temple 4
Katavasia: There is no
Katavasia after Odes 1, 4, and 5. The Katavasia after at Ode 3 is the Irmos of
the last canon.
After
Ode 3, Small Litany (usual); Kontakion of the Hierarch
(Seated upon the throne of the); Sessional
Hymn of the Hierarch (Like a lion of
righteousness); G/N: Theotokion (Without
separating Himself from the divine Essence – from the Menaion).
Canon
(Odes 6-9):
Hierarch 6 Holy
hierarch father Leo, pray to God for us.
First Four Canticled Canon 4 Holy martyrs, pray to God for us.
Second
Four Canticled Canon 4 Holy martyrs, pray to God for us.
2 Additional Troparia for the Martyrs and the
Departed, with the refrains in the Triodion.
Katavasia:
Irmos of the Second Four Canticled Canon.
After Ode 6, Small Litany (departed), Kontakion (With the saints give rest) and Ikos (see
Triodion, p. 135).
At Ode 9, More honorable. After the Katavasia of Ode 9, It is truly meet.
Exapostilaria from the Triodion (not found in the English Triodion
sources): O Creator of all, who as God
didst adorn the heaven with stars, and by Thy saints enlightenest all the
earth, save them that hymn Thee. G: As God, who hast authority over both the living
and the dead, give rest to Thy servants in the tabernacles of the elect, for
even though they sinned, O Savior, yet they turned not away from Thee. N: The
sweetness of the angels, the joy of the afflicted, the intercessor of
Christians art thou, O Virgin Mother of the Lord: succor me and deliver me from
the eternal torments.
Praises,
(all the verses are read, down to Praise
Him for His mighty acts), Martyrs 4 (Blessed is the army of the King of heaven –
Tone 5 of the Octoechos, or LTS, p. 329f); G: The Departed,
Tone 5 (O Lord Who created me); N:
Theotokion, Tone 5 (Alas, O my wretched
soul – the Theotokion in LTS
differs from the Slavonic Octoechos).
The priest does not say To Thee glory is due, but immediately Glory to Thee who has showed us the light.
Small Doxology is read; Litany: Let us complete our morning prayer.
At the Aposticha, stichera to
the Departed in the Tone of the Week, Tone 5 (With the light of Thy countenance – with the refrains in the
Octoechos (or LTS, p. 330f);
G/N: Theotokion (Having conceived Christ
the King).
It is good to give praise x1; Trisagion prayers;
Troparia: O Apostles, Martyrs, and
Prophets; G: Remember, O Lord; N:
Theotokion (Holy mother of the Ineffable
Light). Augmented Litany; First
Hour; and Dismissal
Hours: Troparia: O Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets; G: Remember,
O Lord; Kontakion:
With the saints give rest.
Liturgy of
After
the entrance: Troparion to All Saints (O Apostles,
Martyrs, and Prophets); Departed (Remember, O Lord);
G: Kontakion of
the Departed (With the saints give rest); N: Theotokion (In thee we have a wall and a haven).
Prokimenon Tone 8, Be glad in the Lord.
& Tone 6, Their souls shall dwell
among good things.
Epistle: Heb. 3:12-16 (§309);
I Thess. 4:13-17 (§270).
Alleluia,
Tone 4 & 8.
Gospel: Mark 1:35-44 (§6);
John 5:24-30 (§16).
Communion Hymn: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous. &
Blessed are they whom thou hast chosen.
Dismissal.
After the Liturgy, a general Panikhida is served for all Orthodox Christians.