St. Gregory the Decapolite / Forefeast of the Entry of the Theotokos

26th Sunday after Pentecost / Tone 1

 

Note: The service for the Hierarch Proclus is transferred to Compline).

 

Great Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 1, on 10: Octoechos 4; Forefeast: 3 (The lamp-bearing virgins); Saint 3 (Dwelling with gladness); G: Forefeast (Today the Theotokos); 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/N: Forefeast (Come all ye faithful).

Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.

 

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 1; Troparia: Resurrection x2; G: Saint (Thou wast a model of abstinence); N: Forefeast (Anna now beforehand).

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.

Polyeleos; Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).

Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascents, and Prokimenon, Tone 1.

Matins Gospel 4, Luke 24:1-12 (§112).

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.

                Forefeast                               4              O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

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

                Irmos of the canon of the Resurrection, Tone 1.

Katavasia: I shall open my mouth.

 

After Ode 3, Kontakion (Today, on the right notable feast) and Ikos of the Forefeast; Kontakion (The Church knoweth thee to be a sun), and Sessional hymn of the Saint (Illumined with divine splendor); G/N: Forefeast (Give praise, ye virgins!).

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.

At Ode 9, More Honorable. 

Holy is the Lord, our God.   

Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G: Saint (Thou wast a holy temple); N: Forefeast (A day of prefestival).

Praises, Tone 1, on 8: Octoechos 4; Forefeast (Come, ye faithful – from the Matins Aposticha, with the Doxasticon (Let heaven rejoice today) and the Psalm verses); 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: Forefeast & Saint, alternating; Kontakion: Forefeast & Resurrection, alternating.

 

Liturgy: Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos: 6; Forefeast: 4, from Ode 3.

After entrance: In a temple of the Lord or of the Theotokos, Troparion of the Resurrection; Forefeast; and Saint; Kontakion of the Resurrection; G: Saint; N: Forefeast.

                In a temple of a Saint, Troparion of the Resurrection; Forefeast; Temple; and Saint; Kontakion of the Resurrection; Temple; G: Saint; N: Forefeast.

Prokimenon, Tone 1: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us. & Tone 7: Precious in the sight of the Lord.

Epistle: Eph. 5:9-19 (§229); Gal. 5:22-6:2 (§213).*

Alleluia, Tone 1 & Tone 6.

Gospel: Luke 12:16-21 (§66); Matt. 11:27-30 (§43).

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

Resurrectional Dismissal.

 

*The Jordanville Calendar calls for the Epistle for the Saint to be from Heb. 7:26-8:2 (§318), but this is the Epistle for St. Proclus, whose service is transferred when this day falls on a Sunday.