St. Jonah of Hancow, Wonderworker of Manchuria

Great Vespers: Blessed is the man.

Lord I have Cried, Tone 6, on 8: Hierarch 8 (Praise of Kozelsk and glory of Kalúga); G: Hierarch (O father Jonah); N: Dogmatic Theotokion, Tone 3 (How can we not marvel).

Entry; O Gladsome Light; Prokimenon of the day, Tone 8: Behold now, bless ye the Lord. 3 Readings for the Hierarch.

Litia: Sticheron of the Temple and the Stichera of the Hierarch (Moved by love of God and for mankind); G: Hierarch (Thou wast faithful to God); N: Theotokion (Thy womb, O Birthgiver of God).

Aposticha: Hierarch (Rejoice, O father Jonah); G: Hierarch (Today the transgressors have fallen silent); N: Theotokion, Tone 6 (Christ the Lord).

Troparia: Hierarch (Thou wast a good pastor for the Russian people) x2; O Theotokos and Virgin x1.

Matins: God is the Lord, Tone 4; Troparia: Hierarch (Thou wast a good pastor for the Russian people) x2; G/N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 4 (The mystery hidden).

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns of the Hierarch.

Polyeleos and Magnification of the Hierarch: We magnify thee, O holy hierarch Jonah, and we honor thy holy memory; for thou dost pray for us to Christ our God. Psalm verse: Hear this, all ye nations; give ear, all ye that inhabit the world. Small Litany.

Sessional hymn of the Hierarch (O Hierarch and Pleaser of Christ); Theotokion (Now St. John of Tobolsk rejoiceth).

Hymns of Ascents, First Antiphon, Tone 4: From my youth. Prokimenon of the Hierarch, Tone 4: Precious in the sight of the Lord.

Matins Gospel: Matt. 5:14-19 (§11).

Psalm 50; G: Through the prayers of the Holy Hierarch Jonah; N: Through the prayers of the Theotokos; Have mercy on me, O God; Sticheron of the Hierarch (Let us hymn with songs the praises of the hierarch of God, Jonah). Save, O God, Thy people.

Canon: Theotokos 6 O Most Holy Theotokos, save us.*

Hierarch 8 Holy Hierarch Father Jonah, pray to God for us.

Irmos: Having passed through the water as on dry land.

Katavasia, I shall open my mouth.

*From the Supplicatory canon of the Theotokos: Distressed by many temptations.

After Ode 3, Sessional hymn of the Hierarch (Thou wast captured and cast into prison for thy faith); G/N: Theotokion (O sweetness of the angels).

After Ode 6, Kontakion (Taking care for their daily needs) and Ikos of the Hierarch.

At Ode 9, More Honorable.

Exapostilaria: Hierarch (In worthy hymns, let us honor Jonah); G/N: Theotokion (Send thy compassions, O God).

Praises, Tone 1: Hierarch 4 (In the time of cruel persecution); G: Hierarch (O good and faithful servant); N: Theotokion (O Theotokos, thou art the true vine). After the Great Doxology, the Troparion of the Hierarch (Thou wast a good pastor for the Russian people); G/N: Resurrectional Theotokion, Tone 4 (The mystery hidden); the two remaining Litanies and Resurrectional Dismissal; First Hour.

Hours: Troparia: Hierarch; Kontakion: Hierarch.

Liturgy: Beatitudes on 8: From the canon of the Hierarch: 4 from Ode 3; and 4 from Ode 6.

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

Prokimenon, Tone 7: The righteous man shall rejoice in the Lord.

Epistle: Heb 13:17-21 (§335).

Alleluia, Tone 4.

Gospel: Luke 6:17-23 (§24).

Communion Hymn: In everlasting remembrance. Dismissal.