Martyr Acepsimus
& Company / Dedication of the Church of St. George in Lydda
23rd Sunday After Pentecost / Tone 6
Vespers:
Blessed is the man.
Lord I
have Cried, Tone 6, on 10: Octoechos 4; Martyrs 3 (O most glorious wonder); St. George 3 (O passion-bearer George); G: St. George
(Thou didst live in accordance); 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:
Martyrs (The three children were preserved); N: Theotokion,
Tone 6 (Christ the Lord).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.
Matins:
God is the
Lord, Tone 6; Troparia: Resurrection
x1; Martyrs (In their sufferings, O Lord); G: St.
George (O great martyr George); N:
Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 4 (The mystery hidden).
After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Polyeleos; The Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe;
Hymns of Ascents; and Prokimenon, Tone 6.
Matins Gospel
1, Matt. 28:16-20 (§116).
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.
Martyrs 4 Holy
martyrs, pray to God for us.
St. George 4 Holy
Great-martyr and Trophy-bearer George, pray to God for us.
Irmos of the
canon of the Resurrection, Tone 6.
Katavasia: I shall
open my mouth.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (Having recourse) and Ikos of the St. George; Kontakion (Thou didst celebrate the mysteries) and
Ikos of the Martyrs; Sessional hymn of the Martyrs (Joseph, the valiant struggler); G: St. George (Disdaining military service on earth); N: Theotokion (O all-holy Virgin).
After Ode
6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection; Martyrs (Unbearable torments did ye endure); G: St.
George (Thou didst quench the flames of
falsehood); N: Resurrectional Theotokion.
Praises, Tone 6, on 8: Resurrection 8; G: Gospel
Sticheron; N: Most blessed art thou.
After the Great Doxology, the troparion: Having risen; the two remaining Litanies
and Resurrectional Dismissal; First Hour.
The
Hours:
Troparia: Resurrection; G: Martyrs & St. George, alternating; Kontakion:
Resurrection.
Liturgy: Beatitudes on 8, Octoechos 8.
After
the entrance: Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, B.
Prokimenon Tone 6: Save, O Lord, Thy people. & Tone 4: In the saints that are in His
earth.
Epistle: Eph. 2:4-10 (§220);
Eph. 6:10-17 (§233).
Alleluia, Tone
6 & Tone 4.
Gospel: Luke 8:41-56 (§39);
Luke 21:12-19 (§106).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.
Resurrectional
Dismissal.