Epistle

§ 335Hebrews 13:17-21

Chant

The Commons service — the class’s own, not the day’s. Sung where the day prints no propers of its own: 2 of the 18 dated days below. 16 print their own propers, and those are what is sung.

Prokeimenon, Tone 7

Precious in the sight of the Lord / is the death of His Saints!

Verse: What shall I render to the Lord for all His bounty to me?

Alleluia, Tone 2

Verse: Thy priests shall clothe themselves with righteousness, and Thy Saints shall rejoice!

Communion Hymn

The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. He shall not fear evil tidings.

Where these Epistles are read — 18

Reading a class’s Epistle is not the same as belonging to the class. The Apostol appoints §233 on 18 August because that day’s service is copied from December 10, not because Florus and Laurus are Confessors.

18 § 335 Hebrews 13:17-21
Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos; Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; Martyr Sevérian of Sebaste; Uncovering of the Relics of Venerable Theodósius, Archbishop of Chernígov [for St. Theodosius]09-09this service