The Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

(Tone 6)

Vespers:

Blessed is the man

At Lord I have Cried: Resurrection 3; Feast 3; Fathers 4; G: Fathers; N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of the week

Readings: 3 for the Holy Fathers

Aposticha: Resurrection; G: Fathers; N: Feast

Troparia: Fathers x2; Feast x1

Matins:

Troparia after God is the Lord: Resurrection x2; G: Fathers; N: Feast

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos

Blessed are the Blameless

The Evlogitaria

Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascent, and Prokimenon in tone of the week

Matins Gospel 10

“Having beheld the Resurrection;” Psalm 50; Glory: “Through the prayers of the Apostles,” Both now: “Through the prayers of the Theotokos,” “Have mercy on me, O God,” “Jesus having risen…” Then the Litany: “Save, O God, Thy people…”

Canon:

Resurrection 4 “Glory to Thy Holy Resurrection, O Lord.”

Feast 4 “Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.”

Fathers 6 “Holy God-bearing Fathers, pray to God for us.”

Katavasia, Tone 4: “Covered by the divine cloud…”

After Ode 3, Kontakion and Ikos of the Feast; Sessional hymns of the Fathers, G: Fathers, N: Feast

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos from the Fathers

At Ode 9, “More Honorable...”

Holy is the Lord, our God.

Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G: Fathers; N: Feast

Praises: Resurrection 4; Fathers 4 (with psalm verses in Pentecostarion); G: Fathers; N: “Most blessed art thou…”

After the dismissal: G/N: Gospel Sticheron; followed by First Hour.

At the Hours: Troparia: Resurrection; G: Feast and Fathers alternating; Kontakion: Feast and Fathers alternating.