St. Theophan the Recluse & St. Gregory of Nyssa

Note: If the rector so directs, a simple service may be served for St. Gregory of Nyssa. See ODS, §2G1.

Great Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 2, on 10: Feast: 3 (The Forerunner, beholding our Enlightener); St. Theophan 4 (Come, O ye faithful); St. Gregory 3 (O venerable father); G: St. Theophan (O divinely wise father); N: Feast (Thou didst bow Thy head).

Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 5: O God, in Thy name save me. 3 Readings for St. Theophan.

Litia: Sticheron of the Temple and stichera of the Hierarch (O all-blessed Theophan); G: St. Gregory (Setting thy godly life aright – from the Vespers Aposticha); N: Feast (Today creation is enlightened).

Aposticha: St. Theophan (Rejoice, O Theophan); G: St. Theophan (O all-blessed father Theophan); N: Feast (Beholding the Sun).

Troparia: St. Theophan (O guide of Orthodoxy) x2; Feast (When Thou, wast baptized in the Jordan).

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 1; Troparia: Feast x1; St. Theophan (O guide of Orthodoxy); G: St. Gregory (Showing forth godly watchfulness); N: Feast.

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns of St. Theophan; G/N: Feast.

Polyeleos and Magnification of St. Theophan: We magnify thee, O Holy Hierarch father Theophan, and we honor thy holy memory, for thou dost pray for us to Christ our God. Psalm verse: Hear this, all ye nations; give ear, all ye that inhabit the world.

Small Litany. Sessional hymn of St. Theophan (O all-wise teacher); G/N: Feast (Come, O ye faithful, let us behold – taken from the service for the feast itself), Hymns of Ascents, First Antiphon, Tone 4: From my youth.

Prokimenon of St. Theophan, Tone 4: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

Matins Gospel: John 10:1-9 (§35).

Psalm 50; G: Through the prayers of the Holy Hierarch Theophan; N: Through the prayers of the Theotokos; Have mercy on me, O God; Sticheron of the Hierarch (Grace poured forth). Save, O God, Thy people.

Canon: Feast (first canon) 4 Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.

St. Theophan 6 Holy hierarch father Theophan, pray to God for us.

St. Gregory 4 Holy hierarch father Gregory, pray to God for us.

Irmos & Katavasia: The Lord mighty in battle.

After Ode 3, Kontakion (Thou hast appeared today) and Ikos of the Feast; Kontakion (Keeping watch) and Ikos of St. Gregory; Sessional hymn of St. Theophan (Thy life was glorious); G: St. Gregory (Thou hast inherited divine effulgence); N: Feast (When Jesus had been born of the Virgin Mary).

After Ode 6, Kontakion (O holy hierarch Theophan) and Ikos of St. Theophan.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Exapostilaria: St. Theophan (Rejoicing, with hymns); G: St. Gregory (With festive hymns); N: Feast (The Savior appeared).

Praises,[1] Tone 1, on 6: Feast 3 (Christ our Savior); St. Theophan 3 (Thy God-pleasing life); G: St. Theophan (O wise preacher of piety); N: Feast (Desiring to fulfill that which Thou hast established before time).[2] After the Great Doxology, the Troparia: St. Theophan; G: St. Gregory; N: Feast: the two remaining Litanies and Festal Dismissal: May Christ our true God, Who for our salvation deigned to be baptized by John in the Jordan; First Hour.

Hours: Troparia: Feast; G: St. Theophan & St. Gregory, alternating; Kontakion: Feast & St. Theophan, alternating.

Liturgy: Beatitudes on 12: Feast: 4, from Ode 5; St. Theophan: 4, Ode 3; St. Gregory: 4, Ode 6.

At the entrance: O come let us worship and fall down before Christ. O Son of God, Who wast baptized in the Jordan, save us who sing to Thee: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Then immediately: In a Temple of the Lord, or of a Saint: Troparion of the Feast, St. Theophan, St. Gregory; Kontakion of St. Theophan; G: St. Gregory; N: Feast.

In a temple of the Theotokos, Troparion of the Feast, Temple; St. Theophan; and St. Gregory; Kontakion of the Feast; St. Theophan; G: St. Gregory; N: Temple.

Prokimenon, Tone 4: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; & Tone 1: My mouth shall speak wisdom.

Epistle: Heb. 7:26-8:2 (§318); I Cor. 12:7-11 (§151).

Alleluia, Tone 4 & Tone 2.

Gospel: John 10:9-16 (§36); Matt. 10:1, 5-8 (§34).

Instead of It is truly meet, we sing the refrain Magnify, O my soul, with the Irmos of the Ninth Ode, second canon (Every tongue is at a loss to praise thee as is due).

Communion Hymn: The grace of God that bringeth all men to salvation hath appeared. & In everlasting remembrance. Festal Dismissal: May Christ our true God, Who for our salvation deigned to be baptized by John in the Jordan.

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[1] The Jordanville Calendar calls for the Praises to be sung in Tone 2, with 8 stichera: Feast 4 (taken from the Matin’s stichera – which would be found in the service for St. Gregory of Nyssa); and Hierarch 4 – with the last two psalm verses being: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. & Thy priests shall be clothed with righteousness, and Thy righteous shall rejoice. However, this does not match either the Slavonic or English texts for the service, and does not follow the usual patterns for a weekday service during an Afterfeast.

[2] This stichera is from the service for St. Gregory of Nyssa.