Martyr Hermias
3rd Sunday After
Pentecost / Tone 2
Great Vespers:
Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 2, on 10: Octoechos 7; Martyr
3 (Having extinguished the fire); G/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.
Troparia: O
Theotokos and Virgin x3.
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 2; Troparia:
Resurrection x2; G: Martyr (In his
sufferings); N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 4 (The mystery hidden).
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 2
Matins Gospel 3, Mark 16:9-20 (§71).
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.
Cross and Resurrection 3 Glory, O
Lord, to Thy precious Cross and Resurrection
Theotokos 3 O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Martyr 4 O holy martyr Hermias, pray to God
for us.
Irmos of the canon of the
resurrection, Tone 2.
Katavasia: I shall open my mouth.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (Having
struggled eagerly), and Sessional hymns of the Martyr (Having cast down); G/N: Theotokion (After God).
After
Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the
Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G/N: Resurrectional Theotokion.
Praises, Tone 2, on 8:
Octoechos 8; G: Gospel Sticheron; N: Most
blessed art thou. After the Great Doxology, the troparion: Having risen; the two remaining Litanies
and Sunday dismissal; First Hour.
The Hours: Troparia: Resurrection; G: Martyr; Kontakion:
Resurrection.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.
After the entrance: Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, B.
Prokimenon: Tone 2: The Lord is my strength and my song.
Epistle: Romans 5:1-10 (§88).
Alleluia, Tone
2.
Gospel: Matthew 6:22-33
(§18).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens.
Resurrectional Dismissal.