The Sunday of Pentecost

Vespers:

Blessed is the man

At Lord I have Cried: Feast 10; G/N: “Feast…”

3 Readings for the Feast

Litia & Aposticha: Feast

Troparia: Feast x3

Matins:

Troparia after God is the Lord: Feast x3

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns of the Feast

Polyeleos, followed by the Magnification:

“We magnify Thee, O Christ the Giver of life, and we honor Thine All-Holy Spirit, Whom Thou didst send from the Father to Thy divine disciples.”

Psalm verse: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaimeth the work of His hands.”

(This is not found in the Pentecostarion from Boston, but it is in the Jordanville Horologion, in the section “Selected Psalms”, which gives all the additional selected verses)

The Evlogitaria are not sung

Sessional hymns of the Feast

Hymn of Ascents, 1^st Antiphon, Tone 4: From my youth…

Prokimenon of the Feast

Matins Gospel : John 20:19-23

Having beheld the Resurrection is not sung

Psalm 50; Glory: “Through the prayers of the Apostles,” Both now: “Through the prayers of the Theotokos,” “Have mercy on me, O God,” “O heavenly King…”; Then the Litany: “Save, O God, Thy people…”

Canon:

Feast 12 “O Most Holy Trinity, our God, glory to Thee.”

Katavasia: The Irmoi of the Feast

After Ode 3, Sessional hymn of the Feast

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Feast

At Ode 9, We do not sing “More Honorable...” We instead chant the Ninth ode immediately

Exapostilarion: Feast

Praises: Feast 6; G/N: Feast

After the Great Doxology: Troparion of the Feast

At the Hours: Troparion: Feast; Kontakion: Feast.