The Conception of St. John the Baptist
15th Sunday after Pentecost /
Tone 6
Vespers: Blessed is the man.
Lord I have Cried, Tone 6, on 10: Octoechos 6; Forerunner 4 (While the godly Zechariah); G: Forerunner (Today hath John the Forerunner); 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:
Forerunner (Thou didst come forth from a
barren woman); N: Theotokion,
Tone 6 (Christ the Lord).
Troparia: O Theotokos and Virgin x3.
Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 6; Troparia:
Resurrection x2; G: Forerunner; 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 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.
Forerunner 6 Holy Great John, Forerunner of the
Lord, pray to God for us.
Irmos of the Canon of the Resurrection, Tone 6.
Katavasia, I shall open my mouth.
After Ode 3, Kontakion (Rejoice
with splendor), Ikos, and Sessional hymn of the Forerunner (From heaven Gabriel come down); G/N:
Theotokion (O pure and all-immaculate one).
After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Resurrection.
At Ode 9, More Honorable.
Holy is the Lord, our God.
Exapostilaria: Resurrection;
G: Forerunner (The glorious conception of
the Forerunner); N: Resurrectional Theotokion.
Praises, Tone 6, on 8:
Resurrection 4; Forerunner 4 (Creation
rejoiceth in thy conception – with the doxasticon (Elizabeth conceived) and the final two Psalm verses: And thou, O child, shall be called the
prophet of the Most High. & That
we might serve Him in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our
life); 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: Forerunner; Kontakion: Forerunner & Resurrection,
alternating.
Liturgy:
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos: 6; Forerunner: 4, from Ode 3.
After the entrance: Troparia & Kontakia as in Appendix I, B.
Prokimenon, Tone 6: Save, O Lord, Thy people. & Tone 7: The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord.
Epistle: II Cor. 4:6-15
(§176); Gal. 4:22-31 (§210 mid).
Alleluia, Tone
6 & 4.
Gospel: Luke 5:1-11 (§17);
Luke 1:5-25 (§2).
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord in the heavens. & In everlasting remembrance.
Resurrectional Dismissal.