Hieromartyr Gregory of Armenia

17^th Sunday After Pentecost / Tone 8

Note: If the rector so directs, a Polyeleos-rank service may be served for St. Michael, First Metropolitan of Kiev. See ODS, §1D.

Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 8, on 10: Octoechos 6; Hieromartyr 4 (Having dyed thy sacred vesture); G: Hieromartyr (Who can recount); 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: Hieromartyr (Noetically entering); N: Theotokion, Tone 6 (Christ the Lord).

Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 8; Troparia: Resurrection x2; G: Hieromartyr (As thou didst share in the ways of the Apostles); 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 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.

Cross & Resurrection 2 Glory, O Lord, to Thy precious Cross and Resurrection.

Theotokos 2 O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Hieromartyr 6 Hieromartyr Gregory, pray to God for us.

Irmos of the Canon of the Resurrection, Tone 8.

Katavasia, I shall open my mouth.

After Ode 3, Kontakion (O ye faithful) and Ikos; Sessional hymn of the Hieromartyr (Having brightly illumined thy soul); G/N: Theotokion (Though I love sin, I beseech thee).

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Holy is the Lord, our God.

Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G: Hieromartyr (Let us praise the glorious Gregory); N: Resurrectional Theotokion.

Praises, Tone 8, on 8: Resurrection 8; 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: Hieromartyr; Kontakion: Resurrection.

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

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

Prokimenon, Tone 8: Make your vows. & Tone 7: Precious in the sight of the Lord.

Epistle: II Cor. 6:16-7:1 (§182 mid); I Cor. 16:13-24 (§166).

Alleluia, Tone 8 & 2.

Gospel: Luke 6:31-36 (§26); Matt. 24:42-47 (§103).

Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & In everlasting remembrance.

Resurrectional Dismissal.