On the eve of certain feast days, thelitiya now takes place

 

The Aposticha

Saturday Evening

 

    Choir: (verse from the Octoechos,Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
    Reader: TheLord is King, He is clothed with majesty

    Choir: (verse from the Octoechos,Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
    Reader: He establishedthe world which shall not be shaken.

    Choir: (verse from the Octoechos,Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
    Reader: Holinessbecometh Thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

    Choir: (verse from the Octoechos,Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
    Reader: Glorybe to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit*, both now andever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Choir: (Theotokion from the Octoechos, Menaion,Triodion or Pentecostarion)
 

Sunday through Thursday night

    Choir: (verse from the Octoechos,Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
    Reader: UntoThee have I lifted up mine eyes, unto Thee that dwellest in heaven. Behold,as the eyes of servants look unto the hands of their masters, as the eyesof the handmaid look unto the hands of her mistress, so do our eyes lookunto the Lord our God, until He take pity on us.

    Choir: (verse from the Octoechos,Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
    Reader: Havemercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, for greatly are we filled with abasement.Greatly hath our soul been filled therewith; let reproach come upon themthat prosper, and abasement on the proud.

    Choir: (verse from the Octoechos,Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
    Reader: Gloryto the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever andever unto ages of ages. Amen.

    Choir: (Theotokion fromthe Octoechos, Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
 

Friday night:

    Choir: (verse from the Octoechos,Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
    Reader: Blessedare they whom Thou hast chosen and taken, O Lord.

    Choir: (verse from the Octoechos,Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
    Reader: Theirsouls abide with the blessed.

    Choir: (verse from the Octoechos,Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
    Reader: Gloryto the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever andunto ages of ages. Amen.

    Choir: (verse from the Octoechos,Menaion, Triodion or Pentecostarion)
 

Saint Simeon's Prayer

    Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peaceaccording to Thy word, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thouhast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the gentiles,and to be the glory of Thy people, Israel.

 

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