Venerable Martyr Stephen the New
26th Sunday after Pentecost / Tone 1
Great Vespers:
Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 1, on 10: Octoechos 6; Martyrs 4 (From thy youth); G: Martyrs (Like
the great prophet Samuel); 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 (Having preserved intact); N:
Theotokion, Tone 8 (O
unwedded Virgin).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 1; Troparia:
Resurrection x2; G: Martyrs (Struggling
in fasting); N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 4 (The mystery hidden).
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.
Cross and Resurrection 2 Glory, O
Lord, to Thy precious Cross and Resurrection
Theotokos 2 O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Martyrs 4 O holy martyr Stephen, pray to God
for us.
Irmos of the Canon of the Resurrection, Tone 1.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (From
a barren woman), Ikos, and Sessional hymns of the Martyrs (Thy blood); G: Martyr (Luminous in fasting); N: Theotokion (O pure and unwedded Virgin Theotokos).
After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection;
G: Martyrs (With the pangs of asceticism);
N: Resurrectional Theotokion.
Praises, Tone 1, on 8:
Octoechos 8; G: Gospel Sticheron; N: Most
blessed art thou. After the Great Doxology, the Troparion: Today is salvation; the two remaining
Litanies and Sunday Dismissal; First Hour.
Hours:
Troparia: Resurrection; G: Martyrs; Kontakion: Resurrection.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Martyr 4, from Ode 3.
After the entrance: Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, B.
Prokimenon, Tone 1: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us. & Tone 8: The saints shall boast in glory.
Epistle: Eph. 5:8-19 (§229);
II Tim. 1:8-18 (§291).
Alleluia, Tone
1 & Tone 8.
Gospel: Luke 13:10-17 (§71);
Matt. 10:23-31 (§37).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & In everlasting remembrance.
Resurrectional Dismissal.