Jeremiah Taluzek
13-02-2010, 11:13 AM
In the English Jordanville Horologion, in the Midnight Office for Weekdays and Saturdays, there appear these Troparia for the Departed. I will put them here exactly as they appear in the book:
Reader: Amen. And these troparia, Second Tone:
Remember, O Lord, for Thou art good, Thy servants and forgive them whatsoever sins they have committed in life; for none is sinless but Thee Who art able to give repose unto them that are departed.
O Thou Who by the depth of Thy wisdom dost provide all things out of love for mankind, and grantest unto all that which is profitable, O only Creator: Grant rest, O Lord, to the souls of Thy servants; for in Thee have they placed their hope, O our Creator and Fashioner and God.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Kontakion: With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the souls of Thy servants, where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Theotokion: In all generations we call thee blessed, O Virgin Theotokos, for in thee the uncontainable Christ our God was pleased to be contained. Blessed are we also, having thee as mediatress; for day and night pleadest thou for us, and the scepters of kingdoms are strengthened by thine intercessions. Wherefore in hymns we cry unto thee: Rejoice! O thou who art full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
My question is this: Are all of these hymns sung in Tone 2, including the Kontakion and Theotokion? The Kontakion is typically recited in Tone 6, so I am confused. Or are they even sung at all? Should they just be intoned? I hope that my question doesn't seem too trivial...
Asking your prayers,
Jeremiah
Reader: Amen. And these troparia, Second Tone:
Remember, O Lord, for Thou art good, Thy servants and forgive them whatsoever sins they have committed in life; for none is sinless but Thee Who art able to give repose unto them that are departed.
O Thou Who by the depth of Thy wisdom dost provide all things out of love for mankind, and grantest unto all that which is profitable, O only Creator: Grant rest, O Lord, to the souls of Thy servants; for in Thee have they placed their hope, O our Creator and Fashioner and God.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Kontakion: With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the souls of Thy servants, where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Theotokion: In all generations we call thee blessed, O Virgin Theotokos, for in thee the uncontainable Christ our God was pleased to be contained. Blessed are we also, having thee as mediatress; for day and night pleadest thou for us, and the scepters of kingdoms are strengthened by thine intercessions. Wherefore in hymns we cry unto thee: Rejoice! O thou who art full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
My question is this: Are all of these hymns sung in Tone 2, including the Kontakion and Theotokion? The Kontakion is typically recited in Tone 6, so I am confused. Or are they even sung at all? Should they just be intoned? I hope that my question doesn't seem too trivial...
Asking your prayers,
Jeremiah