Books - Sources |
Hieratikon |
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom |
Horologion |
Apolytikia for Weekdays |
Octoechos - Grave Mode. |
On Saturday Morning |
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LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM |
Antiphon 1. Mode 2. |
Verse 1: It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing to Your name, O Most High. [SAAS] |
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us. |
Verse 2: To proclaim Your mercy in the morning and Your truth at night. |
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us. |
Verse 3: The Lord my God is upright, and there is no wrongdoing in Him. |
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us. |
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. |
Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen. |
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us. |
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Antiphon 2. Mode 2. |
Verse 1: The Lord reigns; He clothed Himself with majesty; the Lord clothed and girded Himself with power. [SAAS] |
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Verse 1: Come, let us greatly rejoice in the Lord; let us shout aloud to God our savior. [SAAS] |
Save us, O Son of God, who are wondrous in the saints. We sing to You, Alleluia. |
Verse 2: And He established the world, which shall not be moved. |
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Verse 2: Let us come before His face with thanksgiving, and let us shout aloud to Him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, a great King over all the earth. |
Save us, O Son of God, who are wondrous in the saints. We sing to You, Alleluia. |
Verse 3: Holiness is proper to Your house, O Lord, unto length of days. |
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Verse 3: For in His hand are the ends of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are His. For the sea is His, and He made it, and His hands formed the dry land. |
Save us, O Son of God, who are wondrous in the saints. We sing to You, Alleluia. |
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. |
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Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen. |
Only-begotten Son and Logos of God, being immortal, You condescended for our salvation to take flesh from the holy Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary and, without change, became man. Christ, our God, You were crucified and conquered death by death. Being one of the Holy Trinity, glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit: Save us. |
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Antiphon 3. |
Apolytikion for the Day. |
For the Saints. |
From Horologion - - - |
Mode 2. |
O Apostles, Martyrs, Prophets, Hierarchs, Monastics and the Righteous, you finished the race and kept the faith. You speak freely to the Savior. We pray you entreat Him on our behalf, to save our souls, since He is good. [SD] |
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Entrance Hymn. Mode 2. |
Come, let us worship and bow down before Christ. Save us, O Son of God, who are wondrous in the saints. We sing to You, Alleluia. |
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Hymns after the Entrance. |
Apolytikion for the Day. |
For the Saints. |
From Horologion - - - |
Mode 2. |
O Apostles, Martyrs, Prophets, Hierarchs, Monastics and the Righteous, you finished the race and kept the faith. You speak freely to the Savior. We pray you entreat Him on our behalf, to save our souls, since He is good. [SD] |
Another Apolytikion. |
From Horologion - - - |
Mode pl. 4. |
Remember Your servants, O Lord, since You are good, and forgive them for all their sins in life; for no one is without sin except for You who are able to give rest to those who have passed away. [SD] |
The Apolytikion of the parish church is sung. Then: |
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Kontakion for the Day. For the Martyrs. |
Mode pl. 4. Automelon. |
Ὡς ἀπαρχάς. |
O Planter of creation, Lord, to You does the entire world bring as an offering the God-bearing martyr Saints, as being nature’s first fruits. At their earnest entreaties, keep Your Church in a state of profoundest peace, through the Theotokos, O Lord abundantly merciful. [SD] |
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Trisagios Hymn |
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3) |
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen. |
Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. |
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THE READINGS |
Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2. Psalm 31. |
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice greatly. [SAAS] |
Verse: Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. [SAAS] |
The Epistle |
Saturday of the 17th Week |
The reading is from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. |
1 Cor. 14:20 – 25 |
Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; however, in evil be babes, but in thinking be mature. In the law it is written, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.” Thus, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers. If, therefore, the whole church assembles and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad? But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you. [RSV] |
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Alleluia. Mode pl. 2. Psalms 64, 101. |
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. |
Verse 1: Blessed are they whom You have chosen and received, O Lord. [SAAS] |
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. |
Verse 2: And their memorial abides from generation to generation. |
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. |
The Gospel |
Saturday of the 2nd Week of Luke |
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Luke. |
Lk. 5:17 – 26 |
At that time, as Jesus was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him to heal. And behold, men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they sought to bring him in and lay him before Jesus; but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?” When Jesus perceived their questionings, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — he said to the man who was paralyzed — “I say to you, rise, take up your bed and go home.” And immediately he rose before them, and took up that on which he lay, and went home, glorifying God. And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen strange things today.” [RSV] |
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Hymn to the Theotokos. |
It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos. |
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Communion Hymn. Psalms 64, 101. |
Blessed are they whom You have chosen and received, O Lord. Their memorial abides from generation to generation. Alleluia. [SAAS] |
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Hymn after Holy Communion. |
Mode 2. |
We have seen the true light; we have received the heavenly Spirit; we have found the true faith, worshiping the undivided Trinity, for the Trinity has saved us. |
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DISMISSAL |
Glory to You, our God, glory to You. |
May Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His all-pure and all-immaculate holy Mother, the power of the precious and life-giving Cross, the protection of the honorable, bodiless powers of heaven, the supplications of the honorable, glorious prophet and forerunner John the Baptist, of the holy, glorious, and praiseworthy apostles, of the holy, glorious, and triumphant martyrs, of our righteous and God-bearing fathers, (local patron saint); of the holy and righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, and of all the saints, have mercy on us and save us, as He is good, benevolent, and merciful God. |
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Fasting Rule |
Fast Free: All foods allowed. |