Taking Down From the Cross Vespers Taking Down From the Cross Vespers Great and Holy Friday Afternoon Great and Holy Friday Afternoon
Opening Exclamation Clergy / All Opening Exclamation Clergy / All
Come, Let us Worship All Come, Let us Worship All Psalm 103 (read) All Psalm 103 (read) All
Ektenia Clergy / All Ektenia Clergy / All
(1) Lord, I Have Cried Chanter (1) Lord, I Have Cried Chanter (1) Let my Prayer Chanter (1) Let my Prayer Chanter (1) Stichera Verse: 6 All (1) Stichera Verse: 6 All (1) Sticheron Chanter (1) Sticheron Chanter (2) Stichera Verses: 7-9 All (2) Stichera Verses: 7-9 All (2) Stichera Chanter (2) Stichera Chanter (6S) Stichera Verse: 10 All (6S) Stichera Verse: 10 All (6S) Sticheron Chanter (6S) Sticheron Chanter (6) Glory . . . All (6) Glory . . . All (6) Doxastikon Chanter (6) Doxastikon Chanter (6) Both Now . . . All (6) Both Now . . . All (6) Theotokion Chanter (6) Theotokion Chanter
Gladsome Light Clergy / Reader Gladsome Light Clergy / Reader
(4) Prokeimenon Chanter (4) Prokeimenon Chanter
OT Reading 1 (Exodus) Reader OT Reading 1 (Exodus) Reader OT Reading 2 (Job) Reader OT Reading 2 (Job) Reader OT Reading 3 (Isaiah) Reader OT Reading 3 (Isaiah) Reader Epistle Reader Epistle Reader
Gospel (Taking Down from the Cross) Clergy Gospel (Taking Down from the Cross) Clergy
Ektenia Clergy / All Ektenia Clergy / All
Prayer All Prayer All
Ektenia Clergy / All Ektenia Clergy / All
(2) Aposticha Stichera Chanter (2) Aposticha Stichera Chanter (2) Aposticha Verses All (2) Aposticha Verses All (5) Glory . . . Both Now . . . All (5) Glory . . . Both Now . . . All (5) Doxastikon Chanter (5) Doxastikon Chanter
Canticle of St. Simeon Reader Canticle of St. Simeon Reader Trisagion Prayers All Trisagion Prayers All (2) Troparia: “The Pious Joseph” Choir (2) Troparia: “The Pious Joseph” Choir
Dismissal Clergy / Choir Dismissal Clergy / Choir