Martyr Tatiana / The Saturday after Theophany

Vespers: Priest: Blessed is our God. Reader: O come let us worship.*

Psalm 103. Great Litany. Kathisma 18.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 8, on 6: Feast: 3 (O sinless Lord); Martyr 3 (When, richly illumined); G/N: Feast (Beholding The, the Creator).

No Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 7: O God, my helper art Thou. Vouchsafe, O Lord. Litany: Let us complete our evening prayer.

Aposticha: Feast (Let us now cry out to the Lord); G/N: Feast (O ye faithful, let us hymn).

Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart; Trisagion to Our Father; Troparion: Feast (When Thou wast baptized). Litany of Fervent Supplication: Have mercy on us, O God. Usual ending for Daily Vespers. Festal Dismissal: May Christ our true God, Who for our salvation deigned to be baptized by John in the Jordan.

* If the 9th Hour is not read, then the full beginning of Vespers is read.

Matins: The Priest stands in front of the Holy Table with the censer: Blessed is our God. Reader: Amen. [If there was no Midnight Office, the Reader continues with O Heavenly King, then: Trisagion to Our Father. Priest: For Thine is the Kingdom.] Reader: Amen. O come let us worship. Psalms 19 and 20, during which the Priest censes the temple. Litany and the exclamation Glory to the Holy. The Six Psalms.

God is the Lord, Tone 1; Troparia: Feast x2; G/N: Feast.

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns of the Feast. Psalm 50.

Canon: Feast (first canon) 8 Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.

Martyr 4 Holy martyr Tatiana, pray to God for us.

Irmos of the Feast (The Lord mighty in battle). At Odes 3, 6, 8, and 9, the Irmos of the canon of the Martyr in the Menaion.

After Ode 3, Kontakion (Thou didst shine forth) and Sessional hymn of the Martyr (Having completed a twofold contest); G/N: Feast (Christ our God)

After Ode 6, Kontakion (Thou hast appeared today) and Ikos of the Feast.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Exapostilaria: Feast (The Savior appeared); G/N: Feast (repeated).

The Praises and the Small Doxology are read. Litany: Let us complete.

Aposticha: Feast (As Thou art light); G/N: (O the dispensation of God).

It is good. Trisagion. Troparion: Feast. Litany: Have mercy on us, O God. Priest: Wisdom! Choir: Father (Master), bless. Priest: He that is is blessed. Choir: Amen. Establish, O God, and immediately the First Hour, and the Festal Dismissal: May Christ our true God, Who for our salvation deigned to be baptized by John in the Jordan.

Hours: Troparia: Feast; Kontakion: Martyr & Feast, alternating.

Liturgy: Beatitudes, on 6: Feast: 6 from Ode 7.

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: Troparion of the Feast; G: Kontakion of the Martyr; N: Kontakion of the Feast.

In a Temple of the Theotokos: Troparion of the Feast; Temple; Kontakion of the Feast; G: Kontakion of the Martyr; N: Kontakion of the Temple.

In a Temple of a Saint: Troparion of the Feast; Troparion of the Temple; Kontakion of the Temple; G: Kontakion of the Martyr; N: Kontakion of the Feast.

Prokimenon, Tone 4: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Epistle: Eph. 6:10-17 (§233); Col. 1:3-6 (§249 mid). Alleluia, Tone 4. Gospel: Matt. 4:1-11 (§7); Luke 16:10-15 (§88).

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 salvation unto all men hath appeared. Festal Dismissal: May Christ our true God, Who for our salvation deigned to be baptized by John in the Jordan.