Hieromartyr Zenobius & his sister, the Martyr Zenobia

23rd Sunday after Pentecost / Tone 6

 

Great Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 6, on 10: Octoechos 7; Martyrs 3 (Having dyed thy vesture); G: Martyrs (Let us form a choir); 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.

Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.

 

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 6; Troparia: Resurrection x2; G: Martyrs (In their sufferings); N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 4 (The mystery hidden).

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.

Polyeleos; Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).

Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascents, and Prokimenon, Tone 6.

Matins Gospel 1, Matt. 28:16-20 (§116).

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 martyrs Zenobius and Zenobia, pray to God for us.

                Irmos of the Canon of the Resurrection, Tone 6.

                Katavasia: I shall open my mouth.

 

After Ode 3, Kontakion (With divinely inspired hymns), Ikos, and Sessional hymns of the Martyrs (Anointed with precious myrrh); G/N: Theotokion (O pure and unwedded Virgin Theotokos).

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Holy is the Lord, our God.   

Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G: Martyrs (O the wonder!); N: Resurrectional Theotokion.

Praises, Tone 6, 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 Resurrectional 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 6: Save, O Lord, Thy people.

Epistle: Eph. 2:4-10 (§220).

Alleluia, Tone 6.

Gospel: Luke 8:26-39 (§38).

Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens.

Resurrectional Dismissal.