The Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

17^th Sunday After Pentecost / Tone 8

Great Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 8, on 10: Octoechos 4; Apostle 6 (The beholder of ineffable revelations); G: Apostle (O ye of the race of man); N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of the week.

Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 6: The Lord is King. 3 Readings for the Apostle.

Litia: Sticheron of the Temple and the stichera of the Apostle (Rivers of Theology).

Aposticha: Octoechos; G: Apostle (O apostle of Christ); N: Theotokion (Christ the Lord).

Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x2; Apostle (O beloved apostle of Christ God) x1.

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 8; Troparia: Resurrection x2; G: Apostle; N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 2 (All of thy most glorious mysteries).

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.

Polyeleos and Magnification of the Apostle: We magnify thee, O holy apostle and evangelist John the theologian, and we honor thy pains and labors whereby thou hadst labored in the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ; Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).

Hypakoe of the Tone, All Sessional hymns of the Apostle.

Hymns of Ascents, and Prokimenon Tone 8.

Matins Gospel 6, Luke 24:36-53 (§114).

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.

Apostle (both canons) 8 Holy apostle and evangelist John the Theologian, pray to God for us.

Irmos of the Canon of the Resurrection, Tone 8.

Katavasia, I shall open my mouth.

After Ode 3, Kontakion (Who can recount thy mighty works), Ikos, and Sessional hymns of the Apostle (Having reclined); G/N: Theotokion (Having fallen into perils).

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Holy is the Lord, our God.

Exapostilaria: Resurrection; Apostle (O blessed virgin theologian); G: Apostle (As a son of thunder); N: Resurrectional Theotokion.

Praises, Tone 8, on 8: Resurrection 4; Apostle 4 (Illumined with the beauties – with the Doxasticon (O evangelist John), and the final two psalm verses: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. & The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaimeth the work of His hands); 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: Apostle; Kontakion: Apostle and Resurrection, alternating.

Liturgy: Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos 6; Apostle 4, from Ode 3.

After the entrance: Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, A.

Prokimenon, Tone 8: Make your vows. & Tone 8: Their sound hath gone forth.

Epistle: II Cor. 6:16-7:1 (§182 mid); I John 4:12-19 (§73 mid).

Alleluia, Tone 8 & Tone 1.

Gospel: Luke 5:1-11 (§17); John 19:25-27,21:24-25 (§61).

Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & Their sound hath gone forth. Resurrectional Dismissal.