Matins Outlines
Daily Matins Daily Matins w/ Doxology
Priest: Blessed is our God… The order for a Daily Matins for a higher Rdr.: Usual Beginning ranked feast that does not constitute a Rdr.: Psalms 19 & 20, Trisagion Vigil, is the same as Daily Matins, with Rdr.: Hymns to the Cross the following exceptions: Priest & Choir: Litany Priest: Glory to the consubstantial… -There are Little Litanies after the Rdr.: Six Psalms Kathisma readings. Priest & Choir: Great Litany -The Polyeleon may be sung Priest & Choir: God is the Lord -The Praises are sung Choir: Troparia of the day -The Great Doxology is sung Rdr. & Choir: Kathisma -The Litanies after the Doxology are Choir: Kathisma Hymn reversed, and the Aposticha and Rdr.: Psalm 50 Trisagion are not done. Priest & Choir: O God, save … Rdr. & Choir: Canon, Odes 1 & 3 Priest & Choir: Little Litany Choir: Sessional Hymns or Kontakia Rdr. & Choir: Canon, Odes 4-6 Priest & Choir: Little Litany Choir: Kontakion, Ikos Rdr. & Choir: Canon, Odes 7-8 Choir: Magnificat Rdr. & Choir: Canon, Ode 9 Deacon & Choir: Little Litany, Holy … Choir: Exapostelaria Rdr. & Choir: Praises * Rdr.: Great Doxology Priest & Choir: Morning Litany Choir & Rdr.: Aposticha Rdr.: Trisagion Choir: Troparion of the day Priest & Choir: Augmented Litany Priest & Choir: Dismissal 1st Hour
* At Daily Matins, the introductory verses to the Praises are read, not sung Matins Outlines
Resurrectional Matins (Sat. Vigil) Festal Matins (Vigil) After NT reading after Vespers After Vespers Rdr.: Six Psalms Rdr.: Six Psalms Deacon & Choir: Great Litany Deacon & Choir: Great Litany Deacon & Choir: God is the Lord Deacon & Choir: God is the Lord Choir: Troparia (Res., Saintt) Choir: Festal Troparion Rdr. & Choir: Kathisma (1st Reading) Rdr. & Choir: Kathisma (1st Reading) Deacon & Choir: Little Litany Deacon & Choir: Little Litany Choir: Kathisma Hymns Choir: Kathisma Hymns Rdr. & Choir: Kathisma (2nd Reading) Rdr. & Choir: Kathisma (2nd Reading) Deacon & Choir: Little Litany Deacon & Choir: Little Litany Choir: Kathisma Hymns Choir: Kathisma Hymns Choir: Polyeleon or Psalm 118 Choir: Polyeleon Choir: Evlogitaria (Blessed art Thou…) Clergy: Magnification Deacon & Choir: Little Litany Choir: Magnification w/ verses Choir: Hypakoe Deacon & Choir: Little Litany Choir: Anibathmoi Choir: Hypakoe or Sessional Hymn Deacon & Choir: Prokeimenon Choir: From My Youth Priest & Choir: Gospel Reading Deacon & Choir: Prokeimenon Choir: Having Beheld the Resurrection Priest & Choir: Gospel Reading Rdr.: Psalm 50 Rdr.: Psalm 50 Choir: Stichera after the Gospel Choir: Stichera after the Gospel Deacon & Choir: O God, save … Deacon & Choir: O God, save … Veneration of the Gospel Veneration of Festal Icon Rdr. & Choir: Canon, Odes 1 & 3 Rdr. & Choir: Canon, Odes 1 & 3 Deacon & Choir: Little Litany Deacon & Choir: Little Litany Choir: Sessional Hymns or Konatkia Choir: Sessional Hymns Rdr. & Choir: Canon, Odes 4-6 Rdr. & Choir: Canon, Odes 4-6 Deacon & Choir: Little Litany Deacon & Choir: Little Litany Choir: Resurrectional Kontakion, Ikos Choir: Festal Kontakion, Ikos Rdr. & Choir: Canon, Odes 7-8 Rdr. & Choir: Canon, Odes 7-9 Choir: Magnificat Deacon & Choir: Little Litany, Holy … Rdr. & Choir: Canon, Ode 9 Choir: Exapostelaria Deacon & Choir: Little Litany, Holy … Rdr. & Choir: Praises Choir: Exapostelaria Choir: Great Doxology Rdr. & Choir: Praises Choir: Festal Troparion Choir: Great Doxology Deacon & Choir: Augmented Litany Choir: Troparion of Resurrection Deacon & Choir: Morning Litany Deacon & Choir: Augmented Litany Priest & Choir: Dismissal Deacon & Choir: Morning Litany 1st Hour Priest & Choir: Dismissal 1st Hour