New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth

Tone 5

Great Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 4, on 8: Martyr 8 (O divinely wise Elizabeth); G: Martyr (Thou didst offer thy blood to Christ); N: Dogmatic Theotokion, Tone 5 (Once, the image of the Bride – the tone of the previous Sunday).

Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 7: O God, my helper art Thou.

3 Readings for the Martyr.

Litia: Temple and Martyr (O divinely wise Elizabeth); G: Martyr (Thy venerable martyr Elizabeth); N: Theotokion (Christ the Lord).

Aposticha: Martyr (O all-glorious wonder!); G: Martyr (We honor thee); N: Theotokion, Tone 8 (O unwedded Virgin).

Troparia: Martyr x2 (Causing meekness); O Theotokos and Virgin x1.

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 4; Troparia: Martyr x2; G/N: Theotokion, Tone 5 (Rejoice, impassible gate – the tone of the previous Sunday).

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns of the Martyr.

Polyeleos and Magnification of the Martyr: We magnify thee, O venerable passion-bearer Elizabeth, and we honor thy venerable sufferings, which thou didst endure for Christ. Psalm verse: Our God is refuge and strength; a helper in afflictions which mightily befall us.

Sessional hymns of the Martyr (Having buried all the uprisings of the passions); G/N: Theotokion (Unto the path of repentance).

Hymns of Ascents, First Antiphon, Tone 4: From my youth.

Prokimenon of the Martyr, Tone 4: Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel.

Matins Gospel: Matt. 15:21-28 (§62).

Psalm 50; G: Through the prayers of the venerable-martyr Elizabeth; N: Through the prayers of the Theotokos; Have mercy on me, O God; Sticheron of the Martyr (Great faith and wondrous love); Save, O God, Thy people.

Canon:  Theotokos                             6             Most holy Theotokos, save us.*

                Martyr (both canons)         8              Venerable-martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.

                Irmos: Bringing battles to nought.

Katavasia: I shall open my mouth.

After Ode 3, Sessional Hymn of the Martyr (O passion-bearer); G/N: Theotokion (When I must needs stand).

After Ode 6, Kontakion (Taking up the Cross of Christ) and Ikos of the Martyr.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Exapostilarion: Martyr (Strengthened by the Cross of thy Lord) x2; G/N: Theotokion (The divinely wise virgins).

Praises, Tone 8: Martyr 4 (Making thyself steadfast); G: Martyr (Assembling today); N: Theotokion (Without seed didst thou conceive). After the Great Doxology: Troparion of the Martyr; G/N: Theotokion, Tone 5 (Rejoice, impassible gate – the tone of the previous Sunday). The two remaining Litanies, and the usual dismissal of the day.  First hour.

Hours: Troparion:  Martyr; Kontakion: Martyr.

Liturgy: Beatitudes on 8: From the canon of the Martyr, 4 from Ode 3 of the First Canon; and 4 from Ode 6 of the Second Canon.

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

Prokimenon, Tone 7: For Thy sake, O Lord, are we slain all the day long.

Epistle: Romans 8:28-39 (§99).

Alleluia, Tone 1.

Gospel: John 15:17-16:2 (§52).

Communion Hymn: In everlasting remembrance.

*From the canon of the Theotokos from Matins of the Previous Sunday. But In a temple dedicated to the Lord or the Theotokos, 6 from the canon of the temple, with its Irmos.