Lenten weekdays On weekdays during
Great Lent,
Theos Kyrios is replaced by
Alleluia. In some places this substitution also occurs on certain weekdays during the lesser
fasting seasons:
Nativity Fast,
Dormition Fast and the
Apostles' Fast. This substitution takes place on any day when the order of services follows the Lenten format, for which reason such days are referred to as "days with Alleluia". On days with Alleluia, the deacon does not normally serve, so the verses are usually chanted by the priest (according to the Typicon, the canonarch). The order of the Lenten Alleluia is as follows: :
Canonarch: Alleluia in the day's tone.
Verse 1: Out of the night my spirit waketh at dawn unto Thee, O God, for Thy commandments are a light upon the earth. :
Chanters: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. :
Canonarch (Verse 2): Learn righteousness, ye that dwell upon the earth. :
Chanters: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. :
Canonarch (Verse 3): Zeal shall lay hold upon an uninstructed people. :
Chanters: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. :
Canonarch (Verse 4): Add more evils upon them, O Lord, add more evils upon them that are glorious upon the earth. :
Chanters: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. They then begin immediately to chant the
Triadicon (hymns to the
Trinity), the main text of which differs according to the tone of the week (see
Octoechos (liturgy)), and the ending of which differs according to the day of the week (see
Weekly cycle).
Saturdays of the dead A different Alleluia is chanted on memorial Saturdays throughout the year. Most of these occur on Saturdays during Great Lent, but there are several others throughout the year as well. This Alleluia is always chanted in the
eighth tone (Greek usage: fourth plagal tone), though it may be chanted to a special funeral melody. :
Canonarch: Alleluia in the eighth tone.
Verse 1: Blessed are they whom Thou has taken to Thyself, O Lord. :
Chanters: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. :
Canonarch (Verse 2): Their remembrance is unto generation and generation. :
Chanters: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. :
Canonarch (Verse 3): Their souls shall dwell among good things :
Chanters: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. They then begin immediately to chant the troparia of the dead: :O Thou Who by the depth of Thy wisdom dost provide all things out of love for man, and grantest unto all that which is profitable, O only Creator: Grant rest, O Lord, to the soul(s) of Thy servant(s); for in Thee hath he (she)(have they) placed his (her)(their) hope, O our Creator and Fashioner and God. :Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. :
Theotokion: In thee we have a wall and a have, and an
intercessor acceptable to God Whom thou didst bear, O
Theotokos unwedded, salvation of the faithful. The same format is followed in the
Panikhida (requiem service). ==References==