Liturgical Propers
Sept 14; The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross
The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross Great Vespers, Festal Matins and Divine Liturgy One of the 12 Great Feasts. Holy Day of Obligation. GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading Blessed is the man… is sung only when feast occurs on a Sunday or Monday...
Sept 12; Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 7
Sunday, September 12, 2021 – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 7; Leave-taking of the Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God; Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross; The Holy Priest-Martyr Autonomus (284-305) Great Vespers and Divine Liturgy...
Sept 8; Nativity of our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
Nativity of our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary One of the 12 Great Feasts. Holy Day of Obligation. Great Vespers, Festal Matins and Divine Liturgy GREAT VESPERS At Psalm 140 In Tone 6 Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord;* O Lord, hear my...
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 6; Holy Prophet Zachariah and Elisabeth, Parents of John the Baptist; 2 Corinthians 4:6-15; Matthew 22:35-46
Great Vespers and Divine Liturgy GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading “Blessed is the man...” is sung. At Psalm 140 In Tone 6 Lead my soul forth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name. O Christ, You won the victory over Hades,* You ascended the Cross so that You...
September 1, 2018 – Beginning of the Indiction, that is, the New Year; Commemoration of our holy Father Symeon the Stylite and his mother, Martha; Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God of Miasenes
GREAT VESPERS At Psalm 140 In Tone 1 Lead my soul forth from prison* that I may give thanks to Your name. We pray to the Creator today, with the words given us by Christ, who taught us to pray each day: Our Father who art in heaven, give us this day our daily bread,...
Aug 31: The Placing of the Precious Sash of Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God in Calcoprateia (942)
The Placing of the Precious Sash of Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God in Calcoprateia (942) Polyeleos Feast. GREAT VESPERS At Psalm 140 In Tone 4 Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord;* O Lord, hear my voice! The shrine which holds your belt, O Theotokos,* is ever...
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost; The Beheading of the Honourable and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John; Aug 29
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 5; The Beheading of the Honourable and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John Great Vespers and Divine Liturgy All-night Vigil Feast. GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading “Blessed is the man…” is sung. At Psalm 140 In Tone 5...
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost; Aug 22
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 4; Post-feast of the Dormition; Holy Martyr Agathonicus and those with him (286-305); Passing into Eternal Life (1964) of Bishop Symeon (Lukach) Confessor of Krasnoyarsk and Pastor of the Stanyslaviv (Ivano-Frankivs’k) Region...
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost; The Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary; Aug 15
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 3; The Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary; Kievan-Caves Icon of the Mother of God (1073) Feast of the Mother of God. Holy day of obligation. GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading “Blessed is the man…”...
Aug 14; The Transfer of the Precious Relics of Our Venerable Father Theodosius, Hegumen of the Monastery of the Caves at Kiev (1091)
The Transfer of the Precious Relics of Our Venerable Father Theodosius, Hegumen of the Monastery of the Caves at Kiev (1091); Fore-feast of the Holy Dormition of the Mother of God; Holy Prophet Micah (8th c. BC) Polyeleos Feast. Dormition Fast. GREAT VESPERS At Psalm...
Aug 09, Holy Apostle Matthias
Holy Apostle Matthias; Post-feast of the Transfiguration Dormition Fast. GREAT VESPERS At Psalm 140 In Tone 2 Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord;* O Lord, hear my voice! Come, let us faithfully celebrate the brilliant, divine Transfiguration.* Having been renewed...
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost; Aug 08, 2021
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 2; Post-feast of the Transfiguration; Holy Confessor Emilian, Bishop of Cyzicus (815) Great Vespers and Divine Liturgy GREAT VESPERS Kathisma Reading “Blessed is the man...” is sung. At Psalm 140 In Tone 2 Lead my soul forth from...