The Holy Martyr Longinus / Tone 1
Vespers: Kathisma 18.
Lord, I have cried, Tone 2, on 6: Martyr, from
the Menaion: 3 (O most lauded martyr
Longinus); Martyrs, from Friday evening vespers, Tone 1: 3 (Through the supplications of all the saints);
G: Martyr, from the Menaion (Seeing the
temple); N: Dogmatic Theotokion, Tone
1 (Let us hymn the Virgin Mary).
Reader: O
Gladsome Light; No Entrance; Prokimenon
of the day, Tone 7: O God, my helper art
Thou.
Vouchsafe, O Lord; Litany: Let us complete our evening prayer.
Aposticha: Octoechos, Friday Vespers Tone 1 (Martyr:
2; Departed: 1); G: Martyr, from the Menaion (Standing before the Cross); N: Theotokion ,
Tone 6 (O Christ, through the prayers of
her who gave thee birth).
Troparia: O
Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets; G: Remember,
O Lord; N: Theotokion (Holy mother of
the Ineffable Light).
Litany: Have
mercy on us, O God; Dismissal.
Matins: The usual beginning for daily Matins.
In place of God
is the Lord, we sing Alleluia, Tone
2, with the following verses (as at a
Pannikhida):
1. Blessed are
they whom Thou hast chosen and hast taken to Thyself, O Lord.
2. Their
remembrance is unto generation and generation.
3. Their souls
shall dwell among good things.
Then these troparia: O Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets x2; G: Remember,
O Lord; N: Theotokion (Holy mother of
the Ineffable Light).
Kathisma 16. Small
litany (usual, not for the departed). Sessional Hymns from the
Octoechos, Tone 1: Martyrs (As valiant warriors – 2nd
hymn of the 1st set of sessional hymns in the Octoechos); Martyrs (Be Thou entreated by the pangs of the saints
– 1st hymn of the 2nd set of sessional hymns); Verse (Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of
Israel); Martyrs (We all pray to the
martyrs of Christ – 2nd hymn of the 2nd set of
sessional hymns); Verse (Blessed are they
whom Thou hast chosen and taken to Thyself, O Lord); Hymn for the Dead (Abolishing the dominion of death –
Nekrosimon from the 2nd set of sessional hymns); G/N: Theotokion (O Virgin Theotokos – from the 2nd
set of sessional hymns) – or you can use the hymns as arranged in the LTS, p 311f.
The first half of Kathisma 17, with the refrain Blessed art Thou, O Lord, sung slowly, softly,
and repeatedly, by the choir, while this is read. The last two verses (If Thy law had not been; & I will never forget Thy statutes) are
sung thrice by the choir.
Small Litany (for the departed): Deacon: Again and again, in peace let us pray to the
Lord. Choir: Lord, have mercy. Deacon: Again we pray for the repose… Choir: Lord, have mercy. Deacon: That the Lord God commit… Choir: Lord, have mercy. Deacon: The mercy of God… Choir: Grant this, O Lord. Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord Choir:
Lord, have mercy x40, While the priest secretly says the
prayer O God of spirits. Exclamation
(For Thou art the Resurrection).
Choir: Amen.
The second half of Kathisma 17 is read, with the
refrain Save me, O Savior, sung while this is read,
as above. Last two verses (My soul shall
live; & I have gone astray)
are sung thrice.
Then immediately, the choir sings the Evlogitaria of
the Departed (Blessed art Thou, O Lord;
The choir of the saints; and the
rest). Small Litany (for the departed, as previously).
Sessional Hymn from the Triodion (Give
rest, O our Savior -- see the Saturday of Meatfare); G/N Theotokion (O Christ God, Who didst shine forth);
Psalm 50.
Canon: In a temple of the Lord or the Theotokos:
Temple 6 Refrain of the canon of the
Martyr
Longinus 4 Holy
martyr Longinus, pray to God for us.
Martyrs
(Octoechos, first canon) 4
Give rest, O Lord, to
the souls of Thy servants who have fallen asleep.
Irmos of the canon of the Temple.
In a
temple of a saint:
Martyr
Longinus 6 Holy
martyr Longinus, pray to God for us.
Temple 4 Refrain
of the canon of the
Martyrs
(Octoechos, first Canon) 4 Give
rest, O Lord, to the souls of Thy servants who have fallen asleep.
Irmos
of the canon of the Martyr Longinus: Having
traversed the depths of the
Katavasia, Odes 3, 6, 8, and 9, from the canon of the Martyrs in
the Octoechos, Tone 1.
After Ode 3, Small Litany (usual), and
the Kontakion, Ikos, and sessional hymns from the Martyr, from the Menaion.
After Ode 6, Small Litany (departed),
Kontakion (With the saints give rest)
and Ikos.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
After the Katavasia of Ode 9: It is truly meet.
Small Litany (usual).
The Photagogica, Tone 1, in the Horologion.
Praises, Tone 1, on 4: Martyrs 4 (from the
Octoechos); G: The sticheron for the dead in the Octoechos (In deed Thou revealest that Thou art the
resurrection of all); N: Theotokion (Rejoice
for us, O holy Virgin).
The Small Doxology is read.
Litany: Let us
complete our morning prayer.
Aposticha: Stichera of the Departed, from Octoechos
(We entreat Thee, O Savior); G/N:
Theotokion (O Virgin Mother, beseech
Christ).
It is good to give praise
unto the Lord x1
Trisagion.
Troparia: O
Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets; G: Remember,
O Lord; N: Theotokion (Holy mother of
the Ineffable Light).
Litany of Fervent Supplication. Deacon: Wisdom! Choir: Father, bless. Priest: He
that is. Choir: Amen. Establish, O
God. First hour. Dismissal.
Hours: Troparia: O Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets; G: Remember,
O Lord; Kontakion:
With the saints give rest.
Liturgy: Beatitudes, Octoechos 6.
After
the entrance: Troparion to All Saints (O Apostles,
Martyrs, and Prophets); Departed (Remember, O Lord);
G: Kontakion of
the Departed (With the saints give rest); N: Theotokion (In thee we have a wall and a haven).
Prokimenon Tone 8, Be glad in the Lord.
& Tone 6, Their souls shall dwell among good things.
Epistle: I Cor. 15:58-16:3
(§164); 1 Thess. 4:13-17 (§270).
Alleluia,
Tone 4 & Tone 8.
Gospel: Luke 6:1-10 (§22); John
5:24-30 (§16).
Communion Hymn: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous. &
Blessed are they whom thou hast chosen.
Dismissal.
After the Liturgy, a general
Pannikhida is served for all Orthodox Christians.