THE APODOSIS OF THE FEAST 789. When the apodosis takes place:[1] When the feast occurs on: The apodosis takes place on: Day of month CASE ## Monday of 1st Week of LentCheese-fare SundaySaturday of Cheese-week Friday of Cheese-week Thursday of Cheese-week Wednesday of Cheese-week Tuesday of Cheese-week Monday of Cheese-week Sunday [...]
February 2, Feast of Meeting (Presentation): Sat Souls, Cheese Week
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Afterfeast of the Meeting and the Saturday of Souls 781. If the Saturday of Souls occurs during the afterfeast of the Meeting, only the service of souls is chanted, thus shortening the time of the afterfeast.[1] Afterfeast of the Meeting in the week of Cheesefare FIRST CASE[2] 782. If the Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday of [...]
February 2, Feast of Meeting (Presentation): Sunday after the feast.
March 22, 2013 By
SUNDAY AFTER THE FEAST FIRST CASE 773. If the Sunday after the feast occurs outside of the Triodion, in Vespers, after the prooimiakos, [and the 1st Kathisma of the Psalter] O Lord I have cried… we chant 4 resurrectional stichera, 3 prosomoia for the feast Tell us, O Symeon… and 3 for the saint of [...]
February 2, Feast of Meeting (Presentation): 2nd Case, and the rest.
March 22, 2013 By
SECOND CASE 758. If the feast occurs on Sunday outside of the Triodion, in Vespers, after the introductory psalm, [and the 1st Kathisma of the Psalter] O Lord I have cried… we chant 4 resurrectional stichera,[1] and the 3 prosomoia for the feast, doubling each to make 6. Glory… both now…Let the gate of Heaven [...]
February 2, Feast of Meeting (Presentation): Table of Cases, and 1st Case
March 22, 2013 By
THE 2ND OF THE MONTH. The Meeting of our Lord Jesus Christ. The feast of the Meeting can occur in the Triodion under the old calendar from the Sunday of the Publican & Pharisee up through the Monday of the First Week of the Great Fast; while under the new calendar, from the Sunday of [...]
ST #195-202: SERVICES OF SOLEMNLY CELEBRATED SAINTS
March 22, 2013 By
VIII. THE SERVICES OF SOLEMNLY CELEBRATED SAINTS A. On weekdays 195. At Vespers: the prooimiakos and the litany of peace [the 1st stasis of the Psalter]. At O Lord, I have cried, 6 stichera of the saint.[1]Glory… of the saint; both now… and the 1st theotokion of the same mode. However at Vespers on Friday, [...]
Aposticha verses for festal saints (ST #203-204)
March 20, 2013 By
203. Verses said at the aposticha for festally celebrated saints, and at the last two stichera of the praises on Sunday. On feasts of the bodiless powers 1st Vs: He maketh His angles spirits and His ministers a flame of fire (Ps 103:4). 2nd Vs: Bless the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, [...]
February 24, Finding of Head of Forerunner: the 17 Cases
March 18, 2013 By
FIRST CASE 869. If the feast occurs on a weekday, outside of the Triodion and up through Friday of Meatfare, in Vespers after the prooimiakos [and the 1st stasis of the Psalter] at O Lord, I have cried, we chant the stichera of the Forerunner, Rejoice, thou sacred head…, repeating each to make 6 in [...]
February 24, Finding of Head of Forerunner: Table of Cases
March 18, 2013 By
THE 24TH OF THE MONTH The commemoration of the 1st and 2nd finding of the head of the Forerunner. The commemoration of the finding of the head of the Forerunner can occur in the Triodion under the old calendar from the Tuesday of Meatfare Week up through the Tuesday of the 4th Week of Great [...]
February 10, St Charalambos: 7th through 14th Cases
March 18, 2013 By
SEVENTH CASE 833. If the commemoration of the saint occurs on Monday of the 1st Week of Lent, his service is chanted by anticipation on the Sunday of Cheesefare according to the regulation laid out above (Third Case, ##816-819), and the service of St Nikephoros is chanted on Monday with the Triodion according to the [...]
