The Greatmartyr Eustathius, and those
with him / Afterfeast of the Exaltation
15th Sunday after Pentecost / Tone 6
Great Vespers:
Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 6, on 10: Octoechos 3; Feast: 3 (Today Thy precious Cross); Martyrs 4 (Thy calling was from on high); G: Martyrs (Eustathius setteth himself before us); 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; G:
Martyrs (O thou who art as firm as
adamant in soul); N: Feast (O Cross
of Christ).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x2; Feast (O Lord, save Thy people) x1.
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 6; Troparia:
Resurrection x2; G: Martyrs (In their
sufferings, O Lord); N: Feast.
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Blessed are the blameless; Evlogitaria (The
assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascents,
and Prokimenon, Tone 6.
Matins Gospel 4, Luke 24:1-12 (§112).
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.
Theotokos 2 O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Feast 4 Glory, O Lord, to Thy precious
Cross.
Martyrs 4 Holy Greatmartyr Eustathius, pray
to God for us.
Irmos of the Canon of the Resurrection, Tone 6
Katavasia:
Inscribing the invincible weapon of the
Cross.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (O
Thou Who wast lifted up willingly on the Cross) and Ikos of the Feast;
Kontakion (Manifestly emulating the
sufferings of Christ), Ikos, and Sessional hymn of the Martyrs (Above the hart thou didst see); G/N:
Feast (The honored one removed).
After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection;
G: Martyrs (With thy divinely wise
children); N: Feast (Placing our hope
on thee).
Praises, Tone 6, on 8:
Octoechos 4; Martyrs 4 (Who will not
bless – with doxasticon (Having
resigned thy military commission) and the final two psalm verses: In the saints that are in His earth hath the
Lord been wondrous; He hath wrought all His desires in them. & I beheld the Lord ever before me, for He is
at my right hand, that I might not be shaken); G: Gospel Sticheron; N: Most blessed art thou. After the Great
Doxology, the Troparion: Having risen;
the two remaining Litanies and Sunday Dismissal; First Hour.
Hours:
Troparia: Resurrection; G: Feast & Martyrs, alternating; Kontakion: Feast
& Resurrection, alternating.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 12: Octoechos: 4; Feast: 4, from Ode 8; Martyrs 4, from Ode 6.
After entrance: in a temple of the Lord, Troparion of the
Resurrection, Feast, and Martyrs; Kontakion of the Resurrection; G: Martyrs; N:
Feast.
In a temple of the Lord or of the Theotokos, Troparion
of the Resurrection, Feast, Temple, and Martyrs; Kontakion of the Resurrection;
Feast; G: Martyrs; N: Temple.
In a temple of a saint, Troparion of the Resurrection,
Feast, Temple, Martyrs; Kontakion of the Resurrection; Temple; G: Martyrs; N:
Feast.
Prokimenon Tone 7: Exalt ye the Lord our God. & Tone 4:
In the saints that are in His earth.
Epistle: Gal. 2:16-20 (§203);
II Cor. 4:6-15 (§176); Eph. 6:10-17 (§233).
Alleluia,
Tone 1 & Tone 4 (Sunday after the Exaltation & Martyrs)
Gospel: Mark 8:34-9:1 (§37);
Matt. 22:35-46 (§92); Luke 21:12-19 (§106).
Instead of It is truly meet, we sing the refrain Magnify, O my soul, with the Irmos of
the 9th Ode, first canon (O Theotokos,
thou art a mystical Paradise).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.
Resurrectional Dismissal.