Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus
18th Sunday After Pentecost /
Tone 1
Note: If the rector so
directs, a Polyeleos-rank service may be served for St. Jonah of Manchuria. See
ODS, §1D.
Vespers: Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 1, on 10: Octoechos 6; Martyrs 4 (Having rejected all earthly might); G: Martyrs (Radiant and twofold); 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 regiment of Christ’s martyrs);
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 (O
much-suffering Sergius); N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 5 (Rejoice, impassible
gate).
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Polyeleos; The Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe; Hymns of Ascents;
and Prokimenon, Tone 1.
Matins Gospel 7, John 20:1-10 (§63).
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 & Resurrection 2 Glory, O Lord, to Thy precious
Cross and Resurrection
Theotokos 2 O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Martyrs 6 Holy martyrs Sergius and Bacchus,
pray to God for us.
Irmos of the Canon of the Resurrection, Tone 1.
Katavasia, I shall open my mouth.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (Manfully
arming your mind) and Ikos; Sessional hymn of the Martyrs (Come, ye who love the martyrs); G/N:
Theotokion (Having fallen into greatly
tangled perils).
After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection;
G: Martyrs (Let us praise Sergius and
Bacchus); N: Resurrectional Theotokion.
Praises, Tone 1, on 8:
Resurrection 4; Saints 4 (Not bound by love of nature – with the
doxasticon (How good and how pleasant is
the brotherly mind of Thy martyrs) and the final two psalm verses: Behold
now, what is so good or so joyous as for brethren to dwell together in unity?
& For there the Lord commanded the blessing, life for evermore); 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: Martyrs; Kontakion: Resurrection.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos: 6; Martyrs: 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 4: In the saints that are in His
earth.
Epistle: II Cor. 9:6-11
(§188); Heb. 11:33-12:2 (§330).
Alleluia, Tone
1 & 2.
Gospel: Luke 7:11-16 (§30);
Luke 21:12-19 (§106).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.
Resurrectional Dismissal.