The Exaltation of the Holy Cross September 14/27, 2006 IF VESPERS ONLY: Blessed is our God Usual beginning Opening Psalm (Psalter Psalm 103) Great Ektenia NO: Blessed is the man (VIGIL MUSIC) NO: Small Ektenia YES: At Lord I have Cried: Feast 8 (Menaion) G/N: Feast (Menaion) O Gentle Light (VIGIL MUSIC) Prokimenon for Tuesday evening (VIGIL MUSIC) 3 Readings from the Menaion Wisdom! The reading is from. Let us attend! 2 Ektenias with Vouchsafe O Lord between them (VIGIL BOOK) Litya: All Menaion (LHM in Vigil Music) Aposticha: All Feast (Menaion) Now lettest Thou Thy servant through Our Father (Vigil Book) For Thine is the kingdom Troparia : Feast 3x Let us pray to the Lord!
LHM! Blesses bread. Amen. Blessed be the name (Vigil Music) 33 rd Psalm (Vigil Music) The blessing of the Lord Amen! Glory to Thee Glory Both now Lord have mercy 3x. Father bless! Dismissal. The Orthodox Episcopate (VIGIL MUSIC) O Lord, the firm foundation IF VIGIL: Glory to the Holy Amen. O come let us worship Bless the Lord, O my soul Great Ektenia NO: Blessed is the man (VIGIL MUSIC) NO: Small Ektenia YES: At Lord I have Cried: Feast 8 (Menaion) G/N: Feast (Menaion) O Gentle Light (VIGIL MUSIC) Prokimenon for Tuesday evening (VIGIL MUSIC) 3 Readings from the Menaion Wisdom! The reading is from.
Let us attend! 2 Ektenias with Vouchsafe O Lord between them (VIGIL BOOK) Litya: All Menaion (LHM in Vigil Music) Aposticha: All Feast (Menaion) Now lettest Thou Thy servant through Our Father (Vigil Book) For Thine is the kingdom Troparia : Feast 3x Let us pray to the Lord! LHM! Blesses bread. Amen. Blessed be the name (Vigil Music) 33 rd Psalm (Vigil Music) The blessing of the Lord Amen! Matins: 6 Psalms in middle of church before icon, holding candle (VIGIL BOOK) Great Ektenia God is the Lord, Tone 1 Troparia: Feast 3x Glory Both now Read one psalm Glory
Both now (VIGIL MUSIC) (Alleluia 3x, Glory to Thee O God!) 3x Glory Both now Read one psalm Glory Both now (Alleluia 3x, Glory to Thee O God!) 3x Glory Both now Read one psalm (Alleluia 3x, Glory to Thee O God!) 3x Small Ektenia Sessional Hymns (Menaion) Polyeleos Magnification of the Feast Selected Psalm verse - Menaion (read INCREDIBLY SLOWLY chant really) Magnification Repeat Psalm verses and Magnification until Fr. Gregory has returned to the iconostasis to cense it for the second time (after he has censed the whole church), then: Glory...Both now.. (Alleluia 3x, Glory to Thee, O God.) 2x Alleluia 3x, Glory to Thee, O God. Magnification of the Feast Small Ektenia Sessional Hymn (Menaion) may say after Polyeleos From my youth (VIGIL MUSIC) Prokimenon (Menaion) Prokimenon (Menaion)
Stichos Prokimenon (Menaion) Prokimenon (Menaion) Prokimenon (Menaion) Let us pray to the Lord! LHM For holy art Thou Amen. Let every breath praise the Lord! Let every breath praise the Lord! Praise ye God Let every breath praise the Lord! Let every breath praise the Lord! And that He will vouchsafe Wisdom, aright And to thy spirit! The reading Glory to Let us attend! Reads Gospel Having beheld the Resurrection (even if it is NOT Sunday) Glory: Through the prayers of the Apostles...
Both now: Through the prayers of the Theotokos... Have mercy on me, O God... O Cross of Christ (Menaion) We do not venerate the cross or Gospel at this time, but rather at the end of the Vigil. Save O God LHM 12x Through the mercy Sing (or one person chant) Irmos Ode 1, of the CANON (Menaion) Sing (or one person chant) Irmos Ode 3, of the CANON (Menaion) Choir/ Katavasia Ode 3 (Menaion) Small Ektenia Sessional hymns of the Feast Sing (or one person chant) Irmos Ode 4, of the CANON (Menaion)
Sing (or one person chant) Irmos Ode 5, of the CANON (Menaion) Sing (or one person chant) Irmos Ode 6, of the CANON (Menaion) Choir/ Katavasia Ode 6 (Menaion) Small Ektenia Kontakion and Ikos of the Feast (Menaion) Sing (or one person chant) Irmos Ode 7, of the CANON (Menaion)
Sing (or one person chant) Irmos Ode 8, of the CANON (Menaion) We praise, we bless, we worship the Lord, praising and supremely exalting Him unto all ages. (read INCREDIBLY SLOWLY chant really) Choir/ Katavasia Ode 8 (Menaion) NO: The Theotokos NO: My soul doth magnify (VIGIL MUSIC) YES: Sing (or one person chant) Irmos Ode 9, of the CANON (Menaion) Choir/ Katavasia Ode 9 (Menaion) Small Ektenia Hymns of Light (Menaion) Let every breath IN TONE OF FIRST STICHERA (VIGIL MUSIC) Praise ye God, IN TONE OF FIRST STICHERA (VIGIL MUSIC) SKIP PSALM VERSES TO VERSE 4 Read Verse (from VIGIL BOOK)
Choir/ Verse from Cross Praises (Menaion) (Repeat for each of the 4 verses) Glory Both now Cross (Menaion) Glory to Thee Glory to God in the highest (VIGIL MUSIC) At the Great Doxology, the last Holy God is sung to a slow and solemn melody. The priest brings out the Cross, and stands before the Royal days and says Wisdom, let us attend! The Choir sings the Troparion of the Cross 3 times Then the Priest sings Before Thy Cross 3 times Then the Choir and the People also sing Before Thy Cross 3 times. Then as the clergy and people venerate the Cross, the choir sings (or Reader reads) the Stichera in Menaion. Two ektenias, nothing in between. Wisdom! Father bless! He that is is Establish, O God, the holy Orthodox Faith of Orthodox Christians unto the ages of ages. O most holy Theotokos More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim; who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify. Glory to Thee Glory Both now Lord have mercy 3x. Father bless! Dismissal. The Orthodox Episcopate (VIGIL MUSIC) O Lord, the firm foundation First Hour
At end of 1 st Hour: To Thee the Champion Leader Glory to Thee, O Christ Father bless! Dismissal. Amen. Hours: Troparion: Cross Kontakion: Cross Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: As usual on Sundays (NO PROSTRATIONS EXCEPT BEFORE THE CROSS) with these variations: At the Small Entrance: We DO NOT sing O come let us worship, but rather: Wisdom, aright! Entrance verse. Troparion of Cross Glory...Both now... Kontakion of the Cross In place of Holy God... : Before Thy cross... ( Кресту Твоему... ) Prokimenon, Tone 7: Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship the footstool of His feet for it is holy. Stichos: The Lord is king, let the peoples rage. Epistle: I Corinthians 1:18-24 The Alleluia, Tone 1: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Stichos: Remember Thy congregation which Thou hast purchased from the beginning. Stichos: But God is our king before the ages, He hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. Instead of It is truly meet we chant the Irmos of the 9 th Ode of the First Canon of the feast, Eighth Tone:
Refrain: Magnify, O my soul, the most precious Cross of the Lord. Irmos: O Theotokos, thou art a mystical Paradise, who untilled hast brought forth Christ. He hath planted upon the earth the life-giving Tree of the Cross: therefore at its exaltation on this day, we worship Him and thee do we magnify. Communion Verse: 1. The light of Thy countenance, O Lord, hath been signed upon us. 2. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!