January 2013 - Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada

October 2013
Church Calendar
Saturday October 5, 2013/September 22, 2013
15th Week after Pentecost, Tone 5
Prophet Jonah (IX BC).
Hieromartyr Phocas, Bp. of Sinope (117).
St. Jonah the Presbyter (IX) father of St. Theophanes the Hymnographer and St. Theodore
Graptus.
Martyr Phocas the Gardener of Sinope (320).
St. Peter the Tax-collector of Constantinople (VI).
St. Theophanes the Silent, recluse of the Kyivan Caves.
Ord.: 1 Corinthians 4:17-5:5; Luke 4:31-36
Sunday October 6, 2013/September 23, 2013
15th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 6
6 The Conception of the Holy Prophet and Forerunner St. John the Baptist.
Virgin-Martyr Irais of Alexandria (308).
St. Xanthippa and Polyxena (109), disciples of the Apostles, at Spain.
Martyrs Andrew and John and his sons Peter and Antoninus of Syracuse, martyred in Africa
(886).
Slovensk Icon of the Mother of God (1635)
Matins: 4th Gospel: Luke 24:1-12
Ord.: 2 Corinthians 4:6-15; Luke 5:1-11
Forerunner: Galatians 4:22-31; Luke 1:5-25
At Great Vespers: Blessed is the man. At Lord, I have cried: 6 stykhyry from the Oktoikh,and 4
for Forerunner; Glory; of Forerunner, Both now, dohmatyk of the tone. Entrance. Prokeimen
— The Lord is King. The aposticha from the Oktoikh, Glory: of Forerunner, Both now: Theo -
to kion. After the song of Symeon: Rejoice, O Virgin Theo tokos (thrice).
At Matins: at God is the Lord: Sunday tropar 2. Glory: of Forerunner, Both now: Theotokion.
After the kathismas the sessional hymns of the Oktoikh. Resurrec tion al Evlogitaria. Hypakoe,
hymns of ascents and Prokeimen of the tone. 4th Resurrectional Go spel, from St. Luke 24:1-
12, per. 112. Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ and the rest as usual. Canons: Resurrec -
tional with its irmos on 4, stavroanastasimon on 2, Theotokos on 2, on 6; katavasia of the Ex -
al tation. After the 3rd ode: kondaks and sessional hymns of Forerunner. After the 6th ode:
kondak and ikos of the Resurrectional tone. At the 9th ode: More honourable. 4th Sunday Ex -
a postilarion, Glory: Forerunner, Both now: Theotokion of the 4th Sunday Exapostilarion. At
the praises: 4 stykhyry of the Ok toikh. Both now: Forerunner 4, Glory: 4th ma tinal doxasticon;
Both now: You are most blessed. After the Great Doxo lo gy: the tropar Having risen from
the tomb. Litanies and dismissal. 1st Hour.
At the Hours: Resurrectional tropar: Glory: of the Forerunner. Kondak of the Forerunner
and of Resurrectional tone alternately.
At the Liturgy: At the Entrance, the regular order for the tropars (cf. A7, B8 or C8 respective -
ly in the “General Information Concerning Rubrics”, pp. 15 of this calendar). Prokeimen of the
tone. Epistle to the Corinthians 4:6-15, per. 176, and to the Galatians 4:22-31, per. 210. Gospel
from St. Luke 5:1-11, per. 17, (18th Sunday) and 1:5-25, per. 2. Communion hymn of Sunday
— Praise the Lord.
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