COMPARATIVE PARADIGM FOR VESPERS
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CATHEDRAL RITE |
HOROLOGION OF ST. SABBAS |
CURRENT PRACTICE
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[GREAT LITANY] |
[LITANY?] |
PSALM 103 |
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3 PSALMS--85; 91, 14 OR VARIABLE; |
PSALMS 103, 12, 112 |
GREAT LITANY |
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UNKNOWN |
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KATHISMATA DIVIDED INTO 3 |
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3 PSALMS—140, 141, 129 PROKEIMENON |
PSALM 118 DIVIDED INTO 3 PARTS PSALMS 120, 129, 140, 116 [& 141?] |
PARTS [LECTIO CONTINUA—FIRST ON SAT EVENING; OFTEN OMITTED IN PAROCHIAL USE |
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AUGMENTED LITANY |
GLADSOME LIGHT |
PSALMS 140, 141, 129, 116 [SELECTED VERSES] WITH STIKHERA |
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THREE LITTLE ANTIPHONS— PSALMS 114, 115, 116 |
PROKEIMENON VOUCHSAFE O LORD |
GLADSOME LIGHT PROKEIMENON |
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LITANY OF SUPPLICATION [LITE] |
ST. SIMEON’S PRAYER |
SCRIPTURE READINGS [WHEN PRE- |
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TRISAGION PRAYERS |
SCRIBED] |
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PROCESSION WITH READING OF PRAYERS IN SKEUOPHYLAKION AND BAPTISTRY |
[LITE] |
AUGMENTED LTANY VOUCHSAFE O LORD LITANY OF SUPPLICATION [OR |
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SATURDAY EVENING VESPERS
GLADSOME LIGHT PSALM 103 FIRST ANTIPHON OF FIRST KATHISMA PSALMS 140, 141, 129, 116 [IN EN- TIRETY] WITH STIKHERA PROKEIMENON READINGS VOUCHSAFE O LORD PSALM 92 WITH APOSTIKHA STIKHERA[PROCESSION TO CROSS] ST. SIMEON’S PRAYER TRISAGION PRAYERS CONCLUDING TROPARIA [FOLLOWED BY THE OFFICE OF THE MYRRH-BEARING WOMEN]
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ORDO OF NEW SKETE
VESPERS FOR FEAST DAYS
GLADSOME LIGHT PSALM 103 FIRST ANTIPHON OF FIRST KATHISMA [WHEN PRESCRIBED] PSALMS 140, 141, 129, 116 [IN EN- TIRETY] WITH STIKHERA PROKEIMENON READINGS VOUCHSAFE O LORD PSALM 92 WITH APOSTIKHA STIKHERA CATHEDRAL VIGIL PSALMS 134, 135 [POLYELEOS] LET EVERYTHING… GOSPEL READING MAGNIFICATION STIKHERA OF THE LITE [IN PROCESSION] ROGATION LITANY JERUSALEM TROPARION BLESSING OF BREAD, WINE, OIL BLESSED BE THE NAME & PSALM 33 FINAL BLESSING NOTE: ON SUNDAY EVENINGS & E- VENINGS OF FEASTS, THERE ARE NO READINGS & AFTER THE APOS- TIKHA: ST. SIMEON’S PRAYER, THE TRISAGION PRAYERS, CONCLU- DING TROPARIA, THE LITANY OF SUPPLICATION AND BLESSING |
LITE, WITH SPECIAL STIKHERA ON FEAST DAYS] STIKHERA OF THE APOSTIKHA ST. SIMEON’S PRAYER TRISAGION PRAYERS CONCLUDING TROPARIA DISMISSAL [IN LENT, SPECIAL STIKHERA]
DAILY VESPERS
TRISAGION PRAYERS THREE ANTIPHONS OF THE KATHISMATA GLADSOME LIGHT PSALM 103 PSALMS 140, 141, 129, 116 [IN EN- TIRETY] WITH STIKHERA PROKEIMENON READING VOUCHSAFE O LORD PSALM 123 WITH APOSTIKHA STIKHERA ST. SIMEON’S PRAYER TRISAGION PRAYERS CONCLUDING TROPARIA LITANY OF SUPPLICATION FINAL BLESSING |