Holy Great-martyr Demetrius and Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople in 740 AD.

Great Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 2, on 8: Martyr 8 (O glorious martyr Demetrius); G: Martyr (Today the universal festival); N: Dogmatic Theotokion, Tone 6 (Who doth not call thee blessed).

Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 6: My help cometh from the Lord. 3 Readings.

Litia: Sticheron of the Temple and the stichera of the Martyr (Be thou glad in the Lord); G: Martyr (Let us make haste); N: Theotokion (Let us sound the trumpet of hymns).

Aposticha: Earthquake (When the earth trembled); Octoechos; G: Martyr (O ever-memorable Demetrius); N: Theotokion, Tone 8 (O unwedded Virgin).

Troparia: Martyr (The whole world hath found thee to be a great champion) x2; O Theotokos and Virgin x1.

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 8; Troparia: Earthquake (O Christ our God, who looketh on the earth) x2; G: Martyr; N: Earthquake.

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns of the Martyr.

Polyeleos and Magnification of the Martyr: We magnify thee, O holy passion-bearer Demetrius, 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.

Small Litany. Sessional hymn of the Martyr (As with rays of light); G/N: Theotokion (All of us, the generations of mankind).

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. 10:16-22 (§36).

Psalm 50; G: Through the prayers of the Great Martyr Demetrius; N: Through the prayers of the Theotokos; Have mercy on me; Sticheron of the Martyr (Today the universal festival). Save, O God, Thy people.

Canon: Earthquake 6 Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.

Martyr (both canons) 8 Holy Great-martyr Demetrius, pray to God for us.

Irmos: Traversing the deep on foot.

Katavasia, I shall open my mouth.

After Ode 3, Kontakion of the Earthquake (Deliver us all from the terrible trembling of the earth); Sessional hymns of the Martyr (With psalms do we cry out); G/N: Earthquake (Thou hast not despised those).

After Ode 6, Kontakion (He Who gave thee invincible strength) and Ikos of the Martyr.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Exapostilaria: Martyr (Thou didst arm Nestor); G/N: Earthquake (O Lord, Who lookest down upon the earth).

Praises, Tone 4, Martyr 6 (Having been pierced); G: Martyr (Let us honor him); N: Theotokion (Deliver us from our wants). After the Great Doxology, the Troparia: Martyr (The whole world hath found thee to be a great champion); N: Earthquake (O Christ our God, who looketh on the earth); the two remaining Litanies and Dismissal of the day; First Hour.

Hours: Troparia: Earthquake; G: Martyr; Kontakion: Earthquake & Martyr, alternating.

Liturgy: Beatitudes on 8: Earthquake 4, from Ode 3; Martyr 4, from Ode 6.

After the entrance: Troparion of the Earthquake, Martyr; G: Kontakion of the Martyr, N: Earthquake.

But if the temple is dedicated to a feast of the Theotokos: Troparion of the Earthquake, Temple; Martyr; Kontakion of the Earthquake G: Martyr, N: Temple.

Prokimenon, Tone 6: O Lord, save Thy people. & Tone 7: The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord.

Epistle: Heb. 12:6-13,25-27 (§331 mid.); II Tim. 2:1-10 (§292).

Alleluia, Tone 4 (Earthquake & Martyr).

Gospel: Matt. 8:23-27 (§27); John 15:17-16:2 (§52).

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

Dismissal of the day.