The Holy Martyr Arethas & Those With Him / Tone 2
Vespers: Kathisma 18.
Lord, I have cried, Tone 2, on 6: Martyr, from
the Menaion (Thou didst apply thy courage)
3; Martyrs, from Friday evening vespers, Tone 2 (Having hated the pleasures of the earth) 3; G: Martyr, from the
Menaion (With oneness of mind); N:
Dogmatic Theotokion, Tone 2 (The shadow of the law).
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 2 (Martyr: 2; Departed: 1); G: Martyr, from the
Menaion (Perceiving beforehand); N:
Theotokion, Tone 8 (O pure Virgin, portal
of the Word – See The Common Theotokia: Theotokia
Following the Doxasticon in the Appendix of the Menaion).
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 2: Martyrs (O
ye Apostles, martyrs and prophets – 2nd hymn of the 1st
set of sessional hymns in the Octoechos); Martyrs (O Christ God Who, in that Thou art good – 1st hymn of
the 2nd set of sessional hymns); Verse (Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel); Martyrs (O passion-bearers of the Lord – 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 (Remember the souls of
Thy servants – Nekrosimon from the 2nd set of sessional hymns);
G/N: Theotokion (O Mary, Virgin Theotokos
– from the 2nd set of sessional hymns) – or you can use the hymns as
arranged in the Lenten Triodion Supplementary Text, p 316.
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
Arethas 4 Holy
martyr Arethas, pray to God for us.
Martyrs
(Octoechos, 1st 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 Arethas 6 Holy
martyr Arethas, pray to God for us.
Temple 4 Refrain
of the canon of the
Martyrs
(Octoechos, 1st Canon) 4 Give
rest, O Lord, to the souls of Thy servants who have fallen asleep.
Irmos
of the canon of the Martyr Arethas: O ye
people, let us send up a hymn.
Katavasia,
Odes 3, 6, 8, and 9, from the canon of the Martyrs in the Octoechos, Tone 2.
After Ode 3, Small Litany (usual), and the Kontakion (The
feast of the passion-bearers), Ikos, and sessional hymns from the Martyr,
from the Menaion (Armed with the power of the Cross); G/N: Theotokion (Having
fallen into the subtle snares of mine enemies).
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 Photogogica, Tone 2, in the Horologion.
Praises, Tone 2, on 4: Martyrs 4 (from the
Octoechos); G: The sticheron for the dead in the Octoechos (Woe is me); N: Theotokion (Come, and with unceasing hymns).
The Small Doxology is read.
Litany: Let us
complete our morning prayer.
Aposticha: Stichera of the Departed, from Octoechos
(By Thy life-bearing death); G/N:
Theotokion (When my soul must needs sever
its fleshly bond).
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: II Cor 1:8-11 (§168); I Thess. 4:13-17 (§270).
Alleluia,
Tone 4 & Tone 8.
Gospel: Luke 7:1-10 (§29);
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.