Protomartyr Thekla
19th Sunday After Pentecost / Tone 2
Vespers: Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 2, on 10: Octoechos 6; Martyr 4 (O Lord, though Thekla was added); G: Martyr (In thine athletic struggles); 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:
Martyr (The assault of the lions); N:
Theotokion, Tone 8 (O
unwedded Virgin).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 2; Troparia:
Resurrection x2; G: Martyr (Taught by the
words of Paul); N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 4 (The mystery hidden).
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Polyeleos; The Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe; Hymns
of Ascents; and Prokimenon, Tone 2.
Matins Gospel 8, John 20:11-18 (§64).
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 2 Glory, O Lord, to Thy precious
Cross and Resurrection
Theotokos 2 O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Martyr 6 Holy martyr
Thekla, pray to God for us.
Irmos of the canon of the
Resurrection, Tone 2.
Katavasia, I shall open my mouth.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (Having
wounded thy heart) and Ikos; Sessional hymn of the Martyr (Transforming thy womanhood); G/N:
Theotokion (All we, the generations of
men).
After
Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the
Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection;
G: Martyr (Let us praise Thekla); N:
Resurrectional Theotokion.
Praises, Tone 2, on 8:
Resurrection 4; Martyr 4 (Having Christ
God as thy Bridegroom – with the doxasticon (The struggle of the contest) and the final two psalm verses: Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of
Israel. & In congregations bless ye God, the Lord from
the wellsprings of Israel); 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: Martyr; Kontakion: Resurrection.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos: 6; Martyr: 4, from Ode 3.
After the entrance: Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, B.
Prokimenon, Tone 2: The Lord is my strength and my song. &
Tone 4: Wondrous is God in His saints.
Epistle: II Cor. 11:31-12:9
(§194); II Tim. 3:10-15 (§296).
Alleluia, Tone
2 & Tone 1.
Gospel: Luke 5:1-11 (§17);
Matt. 25:1-13 (§104).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.
Resurrectional
Dismissal.