Great Vespers at a Vigil: Sunday (Sat. eve.)

Resurrection service, with Feast of the Theotokos (her icon) and with Patronal Saint of the Temple

Lord, I Call: 4 resurrection + 3 saint + 3 feast; glory: saint; now: dogmatikon in the tone of the week.

Entrance; prokeimenon of the day; 6 lessons (3 saint + 3 feast). Litany (“Let us say…”). Vouchsafe. Let us complete…

Litya: stichera of the temple saint, and of the Theotokos; glory: saint; now: Theotokos.

Aposticha: All resurrection; glory: saint; now: Theotokos.

Troparia: Saint (2x); Theotokos (1x)

If vigil is not served: Resurrection; glory: saint; now: Theotokos

Leave-taking of the patronal feast

At vespers on the same day as the feast of the patron saint of a temple, the Leave-taking of the feast of the temple is observed under certain conditions.