Martyr Arethas and those with him
21st Sunday after Pentecost / Tone 4
Great Vespers:
Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 4, on 10: Octoechos 7; Martyrs 3 (Thou didst apply thy courage); G: Martyrs (With oneness of mind); 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 (Perceiving beforehand); N:
Theotokion, Tone 8 (O
unwedded Virgin).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 4; Troparia:
Resurrection x2; G: Martyrs (By the pangs
of the saints); N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 1 (When Gabriel announced).
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Polyeleos; Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascents,
and Prokimenon, Tone 4.
Matins Gospel 10, John 21:1-14 (§66).
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 3 Glory, O
Lord, to Thy precious Cross and Resurrection.
Theotokos 3 O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Martyrs 4 O holy martyr Arethas, pray to God
for us.
Irmos of the Canon of the Resurrection, Tone 4.
Katavasia: I shall open my mouth.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (The
feast of the passion-bearers), Ikos, and Sessional hymns of the Martyrs (Arrayed with the power of the Cross);
G/N: Theotokion (Having fallen into the
subtle snares).
After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection;
G: Martyrs (God was the fulfiller);
N: Resurrectional Theotokion.
Praises, Tone 4, on 8:
Octoechos 8; G: Gospel Sticheron; N: Most
blessed art thou. After the Great Doxology, the Troparion: Having risen; the two remaining Litanies
and Sunday Dismissal; First Hour.
Hours:
Troparia: Resurrection; G: Martyrs; Kontakion: Resurrection.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.
After the entrance: Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, B.
Prokimenon, Tone 4: How magnified are Thy works O Lord. &
Tone 4: In the saints that are in His
earth hath the Lord been wondrous.
Epistle: Gal. 2:16-20 (§203);
Heb. 11:33-12:2 (§330).
Alleluia,
Tone 4 (Sunday & Martyrs).
Gospel: Luke 16:19-31 (§83);
Matt. 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30 (§38).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.
Resurrectional Dismissal.