Tomorrow is the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost ... and nothing else!
What does that tell us as to what we can expect to chant at tomorrow's Divine Liturgy?
Well, as noted in prior posts, we are now in that long stretch between Pentecost and Great Lent, where we mark time based on the number of Sundays elapsed since Pentecost - the Sundays after Pentecost. This time period roughly corresponds to a segment of what our Latin Catholic "cousins" would refer to as "Ordinary Time", the sequential weeks of the civil calendar "interrupted" by the major liturgical seasons - Lent, Easter and Advent. We do not break the our count of Sundays after Pentecost for Advent (or the preparatory period of Phillip's Fast in our tradition).
There is no feast day being celebrated, nor are there any other commemorations (unlike last week).
Hence, one might call it a very "ordinary" Sunday for us!
By tradition, on such Sundays, we most often select a para-liturgical Marian Hymn to sing before the Divine Liturgy, during the Great Incensation (incensing of the church and people), honoring the Mother of God.
We chant the Divine Liturgy as in the People's Book, with nothing supplementally added.
We select available variations of the liturgical hymns in the People's Book (e.g. the Thrice-Holy Hymn; the Cherubim Hymn; etc.) largely according to preference. These selections are announced and published in advance via our postings of propers, hymns and hymn selection (order of worship) for Sundays and Feast Days.
Given that Tone 7 is the tone of the week, we take the propers for Sunday of that tone (the Troparion, Kontakion, Prokeimenon and Alleluia for the Divine Liturgy) as given in the Octoechos and provided on pages 154 - 158 of the People's Book (beginning on page 156 - At the Divine Liturgy).
We also by parish custom chant the Lord's Prayer as set to the Samohlasen (or "common" tone) melodies according to the tone of the week. So, this week we will chant the Lord's Prayer on page 72 of the People's Book (in Samohlasen Tone 7).
Hope to see you tomorrow!
What does that tell us as to what we can expect to chant at tomorrow's Divine Liturgy?
Well, as noted in prior posts, we are now in that long stretch between Pentecost and Great Lent, where we mark time based on the number of Sundays elapsed since Pentecost - the Sundays after Pentecost. This time period roughly corresponds to a segment of what our Latin Catholic "cousins" would refer to as "Ordinary Time", the sequential weeks of the civil calendar "interrupted" by the major liturgical seasons - Lent, Easter and Advent. We do not break the our count of Sundays after Pentecost for Advent (or the preparatory period of Phillip's Fast in our tradition).
There is no feast day being celebrated, nor are there any other commemorations (unlike last week).
Hence, one might call it a very "ordinary" Sunday for us!
By tradition, on such Sundays, we most often select a para-liturgical Marian Hymn to sing before the Divine Liturgy, during the Great Incensation (incensing of the church and people), honoring the Mother of God.
We chant the Divine Liturgy as in the People's Book, with nothing supplementally added.
We select available variations of the liturgical hymns in the People's Book (e.g. the Thrice-Holy Hymn; the Cherubim Hymn; etc.) largely according to preference. These selections are announced and published in advance via our postings of propers, hymns and hymn selection (order of worship) for Sundays and Feast Days.
Given that Tone 7 is the tone of the week, we take the propers for Sunday of that tone (the Troparion, Kontakion, Prokeimenon and Alleluia for the Divine Liturgy) as given in the Octoechos and provided on pages 154 - 158 of the People's Book (beginning on page 156 - At the Divine Liturgy).
We also by parish custom chant the Lord's Prayer as set to the Samohlasen (or "common" tone) melodies according to the tone of the week. So, this week we will chant the Lord's Prayer on page 72 of the People's Book (in Samohlasen Tone 7).
NOTE: Postings of applicable liturgical propers (including the Lord's Prayer) will of course continue to be made on the boards in the nave of the church, but we hope this recap and our advance postings will further assist you in anticipating the "flow" of the Divine Liturgy, navigating the People's Book more effectively and chanting more comfortably and actively.
Hope to see you tomorrow!
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