Martyr Acepsimus & Company / Dedication of the Church of St. George in Lydda

23rd Sunday After Pentecost / Tone 6

Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 6, on 10: Octoechos 4; Martyrs 3 (O most glorious wonder); St. George 3 (O passion-bearer George); G: St. George (Thou didst live in accordance); N: Sunday Dogmatic in the tone of the week.

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

Aposticha: Octoechos; G: Martyrs (The three children were preserved); N: Theotokion, Tone 6 (Christ the Lord).

Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 6; Troparia: Resurrection x1; Martyrs (In their sufferings, O Lord); G: St. George (O great martyr George); N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 4 (The mystery hidden).

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns from the Octoechos.

Polyeleos; The Evlogitaria (The assembly of angels was amazed).

Hypakoe; Hymns of Ascents; and Prokimenon, Tone 6.

Matins Gospel 1, Matt. 28:16-20 (§116).

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.

                Theotokos             2              O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.   

                Martyrs                  4              Holy martyrs, pray to God for us.

                St. George             4              Holy Great-martyr and Trophy-bearer George, pray to God for us.

                Irmos of the canon of the Resurrection, Tone 6.

Katavasia: I shall open my mouth.

After Ode 3, Kontakion (Having recourse) and Ikos of the St. George; Kontakion (Thou didst celebrate the mysteries) and Ikos of the Martyrs; Sessional hymn of the Martyrs (Joseph, the valiant struggler); G: St. George (Disdaining military service on earth); N: Theotokion (O all-holy Virgin).

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Holy is the Lord, our God. 

Exapostilaria: Resurrection; Martyrs (Unbearable torments did ye endure); G: St. George (Thou didst quench the flames of falsehood); N: Resurrectional Theotokion.

Praises, Tone 6, on 8: Resurrection 8; G: Gospel Sticheron; N: Most blessed art thou. After the Great Doxology, the troparion: Having risen; the two remaining Litanies and Resurrectional Dismissal; First Hour.

Hours: Troparia: Resurrection; G: Martyrs & St. George, alternating; Kontakion: Resurrection.

Liturgy: Beatitudes on 8, Octoechos 8.

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

Prokimenon Tone 6: Save, O Lord, Thy people. & Tone 4: In the saints that are in His earth.

Epistle: Eph. 2:4-10 (§220); Eph. 6:10-17 (§233).

Alleluia, Tone 6 & Tone 4.

Gospel: Luke 8:41-56 (§39); Luke 21:12-19 (§106).

Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.

Resurrectional Dismissal.