Holy Great-martyr Demetrius and
Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople in 740 AD.
22nd Sunday After Pentecost / Tone
5
Great
Vespers: Blessed is the man.
Lord
I have Cried, Tone 5, on 10: Octoechos 3; Earthquake 3 (When the earth trembled – from the
Vespers Aposticha); Martyr 4 (O glorious
martyr Demetrius); G: Martyr (Today
the universal festival); N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of the week.
Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 6: The Lord is King.
3
Readings.
Litia: Sticheron of the Temple and the stichera of the Martyr
(Be thou glad in the Lord); G: Martyr
(Let us make haste); N: Theotokion (Let us sound the trumpet of hymns).
Aposticha: Octoechos; G:
Martyr (O ever-memorable Demetrius); N:
Theotokion, Tone 8 (O unwedded Virgin).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x2; Martyr (The whole world hath found thee to be a great champion) x1.
Matins:
God is the
Lord, Tone 5; Troparia: Resurrection
x2; G: Martyr; N: Earthquake (O Christ our God, who
looketh on the earth).
After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Polyeleos and
Magnification of the Martyr: We magnify thee, O holy passion-bearer
Demetrius, and we honor thine honored sufferings, which thou didst endure for
Christ; The Evlogitaria (The
assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe of the Tone, all
Sessional hymns of the Martyr.
Hymns of Ascent, and
Prokimenon, Tone 5.
Matins Gospel 11, John 21:15-25 (§67).
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.
Earthquake 4 Glory
to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
Martyr (both canons) 6 Holy Great-martyr Demetrius, pray
to God for us.
(The Theotokion of the first
canon of the Martyr is omitted).
Irmos of the canon of the
Resurrection, Tone 5
Katavasia, I shall open my mouth.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (He Who gave thee invincible strength), Ikos, and Sessional hymns of
the Martyr (With psalms do we cry out);
G/N: Earthquake (Thou hast not despised
those).
After Ode 6, Kontakion
and Ikos of the Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria:
Resurrection; G: Martyr (Thou didst arm
Nestor); N: Earthquake (O Lord, Who
lookest down upon the earth).
Praises, Tone 5, on 8: Resurrection 4; Martyr 4 (Having been pierced – with the
doxasticon (Let us honor him), and
the final two psalm verses: The righteous
man shall flourish like a palm tree, and like a cedar in Lebanon shall he be
multiplied. & They that are
planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the Lord they shall bloom
forth.); 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:
Earthquake & Martyr, alternating; Kontakion: Earthquake & Martyr,
alternating.
Liturgy: Beatitudes on 12 Octoechos 4;
Earthquake 4, from Ode 3; Martyr 4, from Ode 6.
After
the entrance: Troparion of the Resurrection, Earthquake, Martyr; Kontakion of the
Resurrection, G: Martyr, N: Earthquake.
But if the temple is dedicated to
a feast of the Theotokos: Troparion of the Resurrection, Earthquake, Temple;
Martyr; Kontakion of the Resurrection, Earthquake G: Martyr, N: Temple.
Prokimenon, Tone 6: O Lord, save Thy people. & Tone 7: The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord.
Epistle: Heb.
12:6-13,25-27 (§331 mid.); Gal. 6:11-18 (§215); II Tim. 2:1-10 (§292).
Alleluia,
Tone 4 (Earthquake & Martyr).
Gospel: Matt. 8:23-27
(§27); Luke 16:19-31 (§83); John 15:17-16:2 (§52).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & In everlasting remembrance.
Resurrectional Dismissal.