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Texts for Liturgical Services

The texts of the propers sung at Vespers (stichera on "Lord I call," Litya, Aposticha, Troparia and Kontakia that change daily according to either the day of the week or particular day of the month). Texts are "pointed" to be sung according to the tonal patterns of the Common Chant (L'vov-Bakhmetev Obikhod, 1869 edition). Texts are formatted in MS Word.

Composite Readings

December 27

Third Day of the Feast of the Nativity
Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen
Ven. Theodore Graptus (“the Branded”), Confessor and Brother of St. Theophanes the Hymnographer

“You / Your” Version “Thou / Thy” Version

December 28

29th Sunday after Pentecost (14th of Luke), Tone 4
Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ
Sunday After the Nativity of Christ
Holy Righteous Ones: Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James the Brother of the Lord

“You / Your” Version “Thou / Thy” Version

January 10

Saturday After the Theophany
Afterfeast of the Theophany
St. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa
St. Dometian, Bishop of Melitene

January 11

31st Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 6
Sunday After the Theophany
Afterfeast of the Theophany
Ven. Theodosius the Great, the Cenobiarch

January 17

Venerable and Godbearing Father Anthony the Great

January 18

32nd Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 7
Sts. Athanasius the Great and Cyril, Archbishops of Alexandria

January 21

Ven. Maximus the Confessor
Martyr Neophytus of Nicaea

January 25

33rd Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 8
Sunday of Zacchaeus
New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
[St. Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople (if doing a service to the New Martyrs, transferred to Monday)]

Alternate Service:
St. Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople

January 26

St. Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople (only if the service to the New Martyrs was sung on Sunday)

January 27

Translation of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople

January 30

Synaxis of the Three Great Ecumenical Teachers and Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom