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“The Order of Divine Services” Excerpts from the “The Order of Divine Services” According to the usage of the Russian Orthodox Church. By Peter Fekula and Matthew Williams Please get the printed copy at the Saint John of Kronstadt Press, Liberty, TN USA 1997, http://www.sjkp.org/ Content: 1. Sunday services. General Outline. Simple Service (§1A). Double Service (§1B). Six-Stichera or Doxology Service (§1C). Polyeleos Service (§1D) Vigil Service (§1E). Sunday Services during Forefeasts and Afterfeasts (§1F). Simple, Double, Six-Stichera, or Doxology Service (§1F1). Polyeleos or Vigil Rank Service (§1F2). The Apodosis of a Great Feast (§1F3). 2. Weekday services. (From the Monday after All Saints until the Friday before Meatfare Sunday). General Outline. Simple Service (§2A). Double Service (§2B). Six-Stichera Service (§2C). Doxology Service (§2D). Polyeleos Service (§2E). Vigil Service (§2F). Weekday Services During Forefeasts and Afterfeasts (§2G). Simple, Double, Six-Stichera, or Doxology Service (§2G1). Polyeleos or Vigil Service (§2G2) The Apodosis of a Feast of the Lord or Theotokos (§2G3). Apodosis of a Feast together with a Vigil Service (§2G4). 3. Services of the Triodion. The Order of Lenten Weekday Services (§3A). Saturday and Sunday services are treated in (§3B). Simple Service (§3A1). Double Service (§3A2). Specific Services of the Triodion (§3B). The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee (§3B1). The Sunday of the Prodigal Son (§3B2). The Saturday of Meatfare (§3B3). Commemoration of the Departed. The Sunday of the Last Judgment (§3B4). Meatfare Sunday. Monday of Cheesefare week (§3B5). (Simple or double Service). Tuesday of Cheesefare week (§3B6). (Simple or Double Service). Wednesday of Cheesefare week (§3B7). (Simple or Double Service). Thursday of Cheesefare week (§3B8). (Simple or Double Service). Friday of Cheesefare week (§3B9). (Simple or Double Service). Saturday of Cheesefare week (§3B10). Commemoration of the Holy Ascetics The Casting Out of Adam (§3B11). Cheesefare Sunday The First Saturday of Lent (§3B12). Commemoration of Saint Theodore Tyro The First Sunday of Lent (§3B13). The Triumph of Orthodoxy The Second through Fourth Saturdays of Lent (§3B14). Commemoration of the Departed. The Second Sunday of Lent (§3B15). Commemoration of Saint Gregory Palamas The Third Sunday of Lent (§3B16). Veneration of the Precious Cross. The Fourth Sunday of Lent (§3B17). Saint John of the Ladder. The Fifth Thursday of Lent (§3B18). The Reading of the Great Canon. The Fifth Saturday of Lent (§3B19). The Fifth Sunday of Lent (§3B20). Commemoration of Saint Mary of Egypt. The Sixth Saturday of Lent (§3B21) Commemoration of the Holy And Righteous Lazarus. Palm Sunday (§3B22). The Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. Great and Holy Monday (§3B23). Great and Holy Tuesday (§3B24). Great and Holy Wednesday (§3B25). Great and Holy Thursday (§3B26). Great and Holy Friday (§3B27). Great and Holy Saturday (§3B28). 4. Services of the Pentecostarion. The Order of Weekday Services of The Pentecostarion (§4A). Simple, Six-Stichera, or Doxology Service (§4A1). Double Service (§4A2). Polyeleos or Vigil Service (§4A3). Specific Services of the Pentecostarion (§4B). The Sunday of Pascha (§4B1), The Resurrection of our Lord. Monday through Thursday of Bright Week (§4B2). Friday of Bright Week (§4B3). Commemoration of the Spring of the Theotokos. Saturday of Bright Week (§4B4). The First Sunday after Pascha (§4B5). The Sunday of The Holy Apostle Thomas (Antipascha). The Second through Fifth Sundays after Pascha (§4B6). The Second through Fifth Sundays after Pascha Combined with a saint of Polyeleos or Vigil Rank (§4B7). Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Pascha (§4B8). Mid-Pentecost. The Fourth Sunday after Pascha (§4B9). Commemoration of the Samaritan Woman. Afterfeast of Mid- Pentecost. Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Pascha (§4B10). The Apodosis of Mid- Pentecost. Wednesday in the Sixth Week of Pascha (§4B11). The Apodosis of Pascha. Thursday in the Fifth Week of Pascha (§4B12). The Ascension of our Lord. The Sixth Sunday after Pascha (§4B13), Commemoration οf the Fathers at Nicæa. Afterfeast of the Ascension. Saturday in the Sixth Week of Pascha (§4B14). Commemoration of the Departed. The Sunday of Holy Pentecost (§4B15). Trinity Sunday. The Monday after Pentecost (Day of the Holy Spirit) (§4B16). The Sunday After Pentecost (§4B17). The Sunday of All Saints. 5. Services of the Menaion. The first Day of the Month of September. The Beginning of the Indiction which is the New Year. The 14th Day of the Month of September The Exaltation of the Precious and Life- giving Cross. The 15th Day of the Month of November The Beginning of the Nativity Fast. The 24th Day of the Month of December The Eve of the Nativity of our Lord. The 25th Day of the Month of December the Nativity in the Flesh of our Lord. The 5th Day of January the Eve of the Theophany of our Lord. The 6th of January the Theophany of our Lord. The 1st of August the Procession of the Holy Cross, Commemoration of the Holy Maccabees. 6. Concerning the Usage of Theotokia. The Order of Divine Services. The Order of Divine Services. III. Weekday services using resurrectional theotokia. 2 1. Sunday services. During the period from the second Sunday after Pentecost until the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. Note: On all Sundays during this period, materials for the resurrection are found in the (Sunday) Octoechos, according to the tone of the week. Materials for saints and feasts are found in the Menaion. Additional information concerning liturgical materials may be found in chapter nine. General Outline. Vespers. If Vigil be served: Priest: Glory to the holy, and consubstantial… Clergy: O come, let us worship… Selected verses from Psalm 103 (sung, with refrains, according to the Horologion). If Vigil be not served: Priest: Blessed is our God… The usual beginning (see appendix I). Psalm 103 (read). The Litany of Peace. The Kathisma. The first stasis of Kathisma I is sung (often in an abbreviated form). Glory… Now and ever… Alleluia… (thrice). Small Litany The second stasis of Kathisma I is read. Glory… Now and ever… Alleluia… (thrice). Small Litany The third stasis of kathisma I is read. Glory… Now and ever… Alleluia… (thrice). Small Litany 3 At Lord, I have cried… the appointed stichera are sung. Entrance and O Gentle Light… Prokeimenon: The Lord is King… Readings, if appointed Litany: Let us all say… Vouchsafe, O Lord… Litany: Let us complete our evening prayer… Peace be unto all… Let us bow our heads… Litya, if appointed Aposticha, with the appointed stichera Now lettest Thou Thy servant… Trisagion Prayers and the appointed troparia. If Vigil be served: If Litya be served: the Blessing of the Loaves Blessed be the name of the Lord… (thrice). I will bless the Lord… (the first eleven verses of Psalm 33). Priest: The blessing of the Lord be upon you… And the reader begins the Six Psalms of Matins, Glory to God in the highest… etc. Otherwise: The dismissal Matins. If Vigil be served: skip to Glory to God in the highest…, below. Otherwise: Small Compline and Midnight Office are read at the appointed times. Matins begins thus: Priest: Blessed is our God… and the Usual Beginning Psalms 19 and 20 Glory… Now and ever… and the Trisagion Prayers Save, O Lord, Thy people… and two more troparia found in the Horologion Litany: Have mercy on us, O God… Priest: Glory to the holy, and consubstantial… 4 Reader: Glory to God in the highest… and he reads the Six Psalms, to which we listen with silence and compunction. Litany: In peace, let us pray to the Lord… God is the Lord… and the appointed troparia Kathisma II Small litany Sessional hymns Kathisma III Small litany Sessional hymns Note: For additional information concerning the reading of kathismata, see chapter seven. Either the Polyeleos (Psalms 134 and 135,1 usually sung in an abbreviated form) or Psalm 118 2 (as appointed by the Typicon).The Magnification, if it be a Polyeleos or vigil rank service The evlogitaria of the resurrection: The assembly of angels… Small Litany Hypakoë (and sessional hymns, if appointed). The Hymns of Ascents, according to the tone Prokeimenon, according to the tone The matins gospel according to its cycle (A table of the matins gospels may be found in appendix II.). Having beheld the resurrection… Psalm 50 Glory… Through the prayers of the apostles… Now and ever… Through the prayers of the Theotokos… Have mercy on me… Jesus having risen… Litany: Save, O God, Thy people... The canons, as appointed. Note: The appointed katavasia for the canons may be determined from the table in chapter eight. The usual katavasia for Sundays is I shall open my mouth…, which is printed in the appendix to the Sunday Octoechos (SJKP, 1997). 1 On the three Sundays immediately preceding Great Lent, Psalm 136 (By the waters of Babylon…) is added to the Polyeleos. 2 According to current practice, Psalm 118 is usually omitted. 5 The exapostilaria: Holy is the Lord our God…, followed by the Sunday exapostilarion according to the number of the Matins Gospel, and any other appointed exapostilaria. With rare exceptions the theotokion is that which is given together with the Sunday exapostilarion. The Praises (Let every breath praise the Lord…), with the appointed stichera. On Sunday there are always eight stichera. The stichera, however, are inserted beginning with the verse To do among them the judgment… (the sixth from the end of the usual verses) and two special Sunday verses are added: Arise O Lord, my God… and I will confess Thee… But, if there be stichera from the Menaion, the additional two verses are taken from the Vespers Aposticha in the Menaion. Great Doxology and the appropriate troparion according to the tone: tones 1, 3, 5 and 7:Today is salvation…; tones 2, 4, 6 and 8:Having risen from the tomb… (These troparia are found in the Horologion.).
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