January 2013 - Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada

December 2013
Church Calendar
At Matins: At God is the Lord: Sunday tropar (twice), Glory: of the martyr, Both now: feast. Af -
ter the kathismas the sessional hymns of the Oktoikh. Polyelei. Resurrectional Evlo gitaria. Hy -
pakoe, hymns of ascents, and Prokeimen of the tone. 2nd Resurrectional Gospel, from St.
Mark 16;1-8, per. 70. Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ, and the rest as usual. Canons:
Re sur rectional on 4 (with its irmos), Theotokos on 2, feast on 4 and martyr on 4; katavasia: I
shall open my mouth. After the 3rd ode: kondak of the feast, ikos of the martyr and sessional
hymns of the martyr. After the 6th ode: kondak and ikos of the Resurrectional tone. At the 9th
ode: More honourable. 2nd Sunday Exapostilarion, Glory: Both now: Theotokion. At the praises:
4 sty khyry of the Oktoikh, feast 4, Glory: 2nd matinal doxasticon; Both now: You are most
blessed. After the Great Doxology: the tropar Today salvation. Litanies and dismissal. 1st Hour.
At the Hours: Resurrectional Tropar: Glory: of the martyr and feast alternately. Kondak of the
feast and martyr alternately.
At the Liturgy: At the Entrance, tropar resurrectional tone, feast, martyr. Kondak resurrectional
tone. Glory: of the martyr, Both now: feast. Prokeimen of the tone, Theotokos. Epistle
to the Ephesians 2:14-22, per. 221, and to the Hebrews 9:1-2, per. 320. Gospel from St. Luke
13:10-17, per. 71 (Sunday 27) and 10:38-42, 11:27-20, per. 54. Communion hymn of Sunday
and Cup of salvation.
Monday December 9, 2013/November 26, 2013
25th Week after Pentecost, Tone 7
Ven. Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis (640).
Dedication of the Church of the Great Martyr George in Kyiv (1051-1054).
St. James the Solitary of Syria (457).
Ord.: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Luke 19:37-44
Tuesday December 10, 2013/November 27, 2013
25th Week after Pentecost, Tone 7
5 Great Martyr James the Persian (421).
Ven. Palladius of Thessalonica (VI-VII).
Romanus the Wonderworker of Cilicia, (c. 400).
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos `Znamennnya`(1295)
Ord.: 2 Thessalonians 1:10-2:2; Luke 19:45-48
Wednesday December 11, 2013/November 28, 2013
25th Week after Pentecost, Tone 7
5 Monk-Martyr and Confessor Stephen the New of Mt. Auxentius (767).
Martyr Irenarchus and the seven women martyrs at Sebaste (303).
Martyrs Basil, Stephen, two Gregories, John (near Constantinople), Andrew, Peter, Anna, and
many others (741-775).
Ord.: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12; Luke 20:1-8
Thursday December 12, 2013/November 29, 2013
25th Week after Pentecost, Tone 7
Martyr Paramon and 370 martyrs in Bithynia (250).
Martyr Philumenus of Ancyra, and with him Martyrs Valerian and Phaedrus (c. 274).
Ven. Acacius of Sinai (VI).
Ven. Nectarius the Obedient of the Near Kyivan Caves (XII).
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