The Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Tone 6
Vespers: Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 6, on 10: Octoechos 6; Triodion 4 (I was entrusted with a sinless and living land); G: Triodion (Of what great blessings in my wretchedness);
N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of the week.
Entry; O
Gladsome Light; Prokimenon, Tone 6: The
Lord is King.
Aposticha: Octoechos; G:
Triodion (I have wasted the wealth);
N: Theotokion (Christ the Lord, my
Creator and Deliverer).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 6; Troparia: Resurrection x2, G/N: Resurrectional Theotokion (Gideon foretold).
After each Kathisma:
Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.
Polyeleos; By the waters of Babylon; Evlogitaria (The
assembly of angels was amazed).
Hypakoe, Hymns of Ascent, and
Prokimenon, Tone 6.
Matins Gospel 6, Luke 24:36-53 (§114).
Having beheld the Resurrection; Psalm 50; G: The
doors of repentance; N: Guide me in
the paths of salvation; Have mercy on me, O God; When I think of the multitude of evil things I have done. Save, O God, Thy people.
Canon: Resurrection 4 Glory to Thy Holy Resurrection, O
Lord.
Cross and Resurrection 2 Glory, O
Lord, to Thy precious Cross and Resurrection
Theotokos 2 O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Triodion 6 Have
mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me.
Irmos of the canon of the
Resurrection, Tone 6.
Katavasia: Take
up the song of Moses [in the Triodion].
At Ode 3, Sessional hymns of the Triodion (Make haste to open unto me Thy fatherly
embrace); G/N: Theotokion (O pure
Theotokos Virgin who hast not known man).
At Ode 6, Kontakion (Having
foolishly abandoned Thy paternal glory) and Ikos of the Triodion
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection, Triodion,
G: Triodion, N: Theotokion in the Triodion (O
holy Virgin Mother of God).
Praises,
Tone 6, on 8: Octoechos
5; Triodion 3; G: Triodion (O loving
Father); N: Most blessed art thou. After
Great Doxology troparion: Having risen;
the two
remaining Litanies and Sunday Dismissal. After the dismissal: G/N: Gospel Sticheron; followed
by First Hour.
Hours:
Troparion (only one): Resurrection; Kontakion: Triodion
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos 6; Triodion 4, from Ode 6.
After the entrance: In a temple of the Lord, Troparion of the
Resurrection; G/N: Triodion.
In a temple of the Theotokos, Troparion of
the Resurrection,
In a temple of a saint, Troparion of the
Resurrection,
Prokimenon Tone 6, Save O Lord, Thy people.
Epistle: I Cor. 6:12-20
(§135).
Alleluia,
Tone 6.
Gospel: Luke 15:11-32 (§79).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. Resurrectional
Dismissal.