The Sunday of St. Mary of
Tone 5 / Fifth Sunday of Lent
Great Vespers: Blessed
is the man
Lord I have Cried, Tone 5, on 10: Octoechos 6;
Triodion 4 (The pollution of past sins);
G: Triodion (The power of Thy Cross);
N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of the week.
Entry; O
Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of
the day, Tone 6: The Lord is King.
Aposticha: Octoechos; G:
Triodion (The desires of thy soul);
N: Triodion (O new wonder)
Troparia: O
Theotokos and Virgin x3
Matins: God is the
Lord, Tone 4; Troparia: Resurrection x2; G: Saint (In thee, O Mother, was preserved); N:
Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 8 (O Good
One, Who for our sake).
After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos
Blessed are the blameless; Evlogitaria (The assembly of
angels was amazed).
Hypakoe; Hymns of Ascent; and
Prokimenon, Tone 5
Matins Gospel 2, Mark 16:1-8 (§70).
Having beheld the Resurrection; Psalm 50; G: The
doors of repentance; N: Guide me in
the paths of salvation; Have mercy on me, O God; When I think of the multitude of evil things I have done; Save,
O God, Thy people.
Canon: Resurrection 4 Glory to Thy Holy Resurrection, O
Lord.
Theotokos 2
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Triodion 4 Have mercy on
me, O God, have mercy on me.
Saint (in the Triodion) 4
Venerable Mother Mary, pray
to God for us.
Irmos
of the resurrectional canon, Tone 5
Katavasia: I shall open my mouth
After Ode 3, Kontakion (Thou
who once of old) and Ikos of the Saint [The English Triodion has the
Kontakion after Ode 6]; Sessional hymns of the Triodion (All the rebellious impulses of the flesh); G/N: Theotokion (Let us sing the praises of the Gate of
heaven).
After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G: Saint (Thee we have as a pattern of repentance); N: Theotokion in the Triodion (O sweetness of the angels).
Praises, Tone 5, on 9:
Octoechos 8, with the last two psalm verses being:
1. I will confess Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart, I will tell of all
Thy wonders.
2. I will be glad and rejoice in Thee, I will chant unto Thy name, O Most
High.
And then the verse Arise, O Lord my God, followed by the
sticheron in the Triodion: The
The Hours: Troparia: Resurrection; G: Saint; Kontakion:
Resurrection.
Liturgy of St. Basil the Great: Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.
After the entrance:
Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, B.
Prokimenon, Tone 5, Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us; and of the
Saint, Tone 4: Wondrous is God in His
saints, the God of
Epistle: Hebrews 9:11-14 (§321 ctr); Galatians 3:23-29 (§208)
Alleluia, Tone
5
Gospel: Mark 10:32-45 (§47);
Luke 7:36-50 (§33)
Instead of It is truly meet: All creation Rejoiceth
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens; & In everlasting remembrance shall the righteous
be; he shall not be afraid of evil tidings.
Resurrectional Dismissal
Sunday Evening Vespers: Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 5, on 10: Penitential
Stichera from the Octoechos 4 (I cease
not from sin); Triodion 3 (Thou who
art most rich); Hieromartyr (O
venerable and holy martyred hierarch – Basil, March 29) 3; G/N: Theotokion
in the Menaion (Thee do we entreat).
Entry; O Gladsome Light; Great Prokimenon, Tone 8: Thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear Thy Name.
Vouchsafe, O Lord.
Then the Litany,
Let us complete our evening prayer unto
the Lord, with the choir singing the responses according to the penitential
Lenten melody.
Aposticha: Triodion (Stichera
and verses, beginning with Marvelous is
the Savior’s loving providence), G/N: Theotokion in the Triodion (At the prayers).
Now lettest Thou Thy servant
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin (with a great
prostration); G: O Baptizer of Christ (with a great prostration): N: Plead in our behalf (great prostration);
Beneath thy compassion (without a prostration).
Lord, have mercy. 40 times
G/N More Honorable.
In the name of the Lord, father
bless.
Priest: He that is is blessed.
Reader: O Heavenly King, strengthen Orthodox Christians.
Then the priest says the
prayer of St. Ephrem with 3 prostrations, then the dismissal.