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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

January 5

28th Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 3
Sunday Before the Theophany
Eve of the Theophany
Hieromartyr Theopemptus and Martyr Theonas

"You/Your" Version
Great Vespers and Divine Liturgy (Saturday evening and Sunday morning)
Vespers alone (sung on Sunday, immediately following the Divine Liturgy)
Great Blessing of Waters

"Thou/Thy" Version
Great Vespers and Divine Liturgy (Saturday evening and Sunday morning)
Vespers alone (sung on Sunday, immediately following the Divine Liturgy)
Great Blessing of Waters

January 12

29th Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 4
Afterfeast of the Theophany
Sunday After the Theophany
Martyr Tatiana of Rome and those who suffered with her

January 17

Venerable and Godbearing Father Anthony the Great

January 18

Sts. Athanasius the Great and Cyril, Archbishops of Alexandria

January 19

30th Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 5
Ven. Macarius the Great of Egypt

January 21

Ven. Maximus the Confessor

January 26

31st Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 6

"You/Your" Version
New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
Alternate Service:
Ven. Xenophon, his wife, Mary, and their two sons, Arcadius and John, of Constantinople

"Thou/Thy" Version
New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
Alternate Service:
Ven. Xenophon, his wife, Mary, and their two sons, Arcadius and John, of Constantinople

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