St. Joannicius the Great / Hieromartyr Nicander

22nd Sunday After Pentecost / Tone 5

 

Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 5, on 10: Octoechos 4; Saint 3 (O thou who wast illumined); Hieromartyr 3 (Receiving a fitting name); G: Saint (O venerable father); 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: Saint (We honor thee as the instructor); N: Theotokion, Tone 8 (O unwedded Virgin).

Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.

 

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 5; Troparia: Resurrection x1; Saint (With the streams of thy tears); G: Hieromartyr (In his suffering, O Lord); 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 5.

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.

               Theotokos                           2             O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.   

               Saint                                    4             Venerable father Joannicius, pray to God for us.

               Hieromartyr                        4             Hieromartyr Nicander, pray to God for us.

               Irmos of the Canon of the Resurrection, Tone 5.

               Katavasia: I shall open my mouth.

 

After Ode 3, Kontakion (Thou wast made manifest), Ikos, and Sessional hymn of the Saint (Having banished the darkness); G: Hieromartyr (Truly illumined); N: Theotokion (By thy divine birthgiving).

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Holy is the Lord, our God.   

Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G: Saint (The grace of God abounded); N: Resurrectional Theotokion.

Praises, Tone 5, on 8: Resurrection 8; G: Gospel Sticheron; N: Most blessed art thou. After the Great Doxology, the Troparion: Today is salvation; the two remaining Litanies and Resurrectional Dismissal; First Hour.

 

Hours: Troparia: Resurrection; G: Saint & Hieromartyr, alternating; Kontakion: Resurrection.

 

Liturgy: Beatitudes on 8, Octoechos 8.

After the entrance: Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, B.  

Prokimenon, Tone 5: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us. & Tone 7: Precious in the sight of the Lord.

Epistle: Gal. 6:11-18 (§215); Gal. 5:22-6:2 (§213).

Alleluia, Tone 5 & Tone 6.

Gospel: Luke 8:41-56 (§39); Matt. 4:25-5:12 (§10).

Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & In everlasting remembrance.

Resurrectional Dismissal.