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.