St. Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia

4th Sunday after Pentecost / Tone 3

Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 3, on 10: Octoechos 4; Hierarch 6 (When the divine calling came upon thee); G: Hierarch (The divine shrine of thy relics); N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of the week.

Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 6: The Lord is King. 3 Readings for the Hierarch.

Aposticha: Octoechos; G: Hierarch (When with God’s aid); N: Theotokion, Tone 4 (Mercifully regard the supplications).

Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 3; Troparia: Resurrection x2; G: Hierarch (Having dedicated thyself); N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 4 (The mystery hidden).

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.

Polyeleos and Magnification of the Hierarch: We magnify thee, O holy hierarch father Jonah, and we honor thy holy memory, for thou dost pray for us to Christ our God; The Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).

Hypakoe, Tone 3; all the Sessional hymns of the Saint.

Hymns of Ascents, and Prokimenon, Tone 3.

Matins Gospel 4, Luke 24:1-12 (§112).

Having beheld the resurrection; Psalm 50; G: Through the prayers of the apostles; N:  Through the prayers of the Theotokos; Have mercy on me, O God; Jesus having risen. Save, O God, Thy people.

Canon:   Resurrection                         4              Glory to Thy Holy Resurrection, O Lord.

                Cross & Resurrection         2              Glory, O Lord, to Thy precious Cross and Resurrection

                Theotokos                             2              O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

                Hierarch                                6              Holy hierarch father Jonah, pray to God for us.

                Irmos of the Canon of the Resurrection, Tone 3.

Katavasia: I shall open my mouth.

After Ode 3, Kontakion (From childhood), Ikos, and Sessional hymn of Hierarch (Thy life hath been shown to all); G/N: Theotokion (We hymn thee, O Bride divine).

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Holy is the Lord, our God.   

Exapostilaria: Resurrection; G: Hierarch (As a namesake of chastity); N: Resurrectional Theotokion.

Praises, Tone 3, on 8: Resurrection 4; Hierarch 4 (Having exercised thyself in temperance – including the Doxasticon (Thou wast a most excellent servant), and the final two psalm verses: My mouth shall speak wisdom and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. & Hear this, all ye nations; give ear, all ye that inhabit the earth); G: Gospel Sticheron; N: Most blessed art thou. After the Great Doxology, the Troparion: Today is salvation; the two remaining Litanies and Resurrectional Dismissal; First Hour.

Hours: Troparia: Resurrection; G: Hierarch; Kontakion: Resurrection and Hierarch, alternating.

Liturgy: Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Hierarch 4, from Ode 3.

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

Prokimenon, Tone 3: O chant unto our God, chant ye. & Tone 7: Precious in the sight of the Lord.

Epistle: Rom. 6:18-23 (§93); Heb. 7:26-8:2 (§335).

Alleluia, Tone 3 & Tone 4.

Gospel: Matt. 8:5-13 (§25); John 10:9-16 (§36).

Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & In everlasting remembrance.

Resurrectional Dismissal.