St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco

Vespers:

Blessed is the man

At Lord I have Cried:  Hierarch 8; G: Hierarch; N: Dogmatic Theotokion in the Tone of the Week.

3 Readings for the Hierarch

Litia:  Temple and Hierarch

Aposticha: Hierarch; G: Hierarch; N: Theotokion in the Menaion

Troparia:  Hierarch x2; “O Theotokos and Virgin…” x1

 

Matins: 

God is the Lord; Troparia: Hierarch x2; G/N Resurrectional Theotokion in the Tone of the Week (i.e., the previous Sunday).

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns of the Hierarch

Polyeleos and Magnification of the Hierarch

Sessional hymn of the Hierarch;  G/N: “Having assembled today…”

Hymn of Ascents, 1st Antiphon, Tone 4: From my youth…

Prokimenon of the Hierarch

Matins Gospel : John 10:1-9

Having beheld the Resurrection is not sung

Psalm 50; Glory:  “Through the prayers of the Holy Hierarch John…”; Both now:  “ Through the prayers of the Theotokos!”;  “Have mercy on me, O God,”   Sticheron of the Hierarch in the Menaion;  Then the Litany: “Save, O God, Thy people…”

 

Canon:                               

Theotokos                             6                             “Most holy Theotokos, save us.”

(from the canon of the Theotokos from Matins of the Previous Sunday)

(In a temple dedicated to the Lord or the Theotokos, 6 from the canon of the temple, with the Irmos)

St. John                         8                              “Holy Hierarch Father John, pray to God for us.”

                Katavasia, “I shall open my mouth…” 

 

After Ode 3, Sessional Hymn of the Hierarch G/N: Theotokion

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Hierarch

At Ode 9, “More Honorable...” 

 

Exapostilarion:  Hierarch G/N: Theotokion

Praises: Hierarch 4; G: Hierarch; N: “O Theotokos, Queen of all…”

After the Great Doxology: Troparion of the Hierarch; G/N Resurrectional Theotokion in the tone of the week.

 

At the Hours:  Troparion: Hierarch; Kontakion: Hierarch.

 

The Liturgy:

Beatitudes on 8: From the canon of the Hierarch, 4 from Ode 3; and 4 from Ode 6.

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

Prokimenon: “My mouth shall speak wisdom…”

Epistle: Hebrews 7:26-8:2 (§318)

Alleluia, Tone 2

Gospel: John 10:9-16 (§36)

Communion Hymn: “In everlasting remembrance…”