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Great Feast of the Holy Theophany of Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ - Preparation - Paramony - Royal Hours - Celebration 12th Day of Great Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ - 5 January Morning

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Preparation
DayCommemorateDateDay of
Prepar-
ation
Day of
Nativty
Cele-
bration
ApostolosGospel
Paramony
Royal Hours
 5412ManyMany
Paramony
Theophany
Holy Martyrs
Theopemptus
and theonas;

our Venerable
Mother
Syncletica
54121 Tim.
3:13-4:5
1 Cor.
9:16-27
Mt.
3:1-6
Lk:3:1-18

5 January - The Paramony of Great Feast of the Holy Theophany of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ is the final preparation for the baptism of Jesus Christ.
If the Paramony of the Great Feast of the Holy Theophany of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ is on a Saturday or Sunday, The Paramony with the Royal Hours and fast is celebrated on the previous Friday.
The "Paramony" of a Great Feast is the "eve" of a Great Feast, that is the day before the Great Feast.

Royal Hours or Great Hours

Royal Hours or Great Hours is a Liturgical Service in which many palsms, prophecies, Apostolos, and Gospels are read. Royal Hours are celebrated in the morning on the Paramony (eve) of major Great Feast days.

In the Byzantine Empire, on the Paramony of major Great Feast days, the service of the Hours took on an especially solemn character. Many palsms, prophecies, Apostolos, and Gospels were read.
In the great Cathedral of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) in Constantinople, the Emperor, the choirs or monks, the clergy, and the faithful came together to recite prayers and to hear special readings for the Feast.

Royal Hours for this Great Feast

The Prophecy is from Isaiah
Apostolos
Gospel is from Matthew, Mark, and Luke

Kontakion, Troparion, Exapostilarion, and Vespers Sticheron

TROPARION (TONE 4)
David the Prophet clearly announced and wrote that Christ would be revealed, that God would appear and come before His servant to seek baptism. Be filled with joy , Jordan River, and you land, sea, hills, and mountains, and you hearts of men. Be glad today, for a great light is coming upon you.

Fast

The Paramony of Great Feast of the Holy Theophany of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ is a strict fast day.
Fasting Guidelines

More Information

Royal Hours Eparchy of Newton, Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States

Preparation
DayCommemorateDateDay of
Prepar-
ation
Day of
Nativty
Cele-
bration
ApostolosGospel
Saturday
before
Theophany
 Between
29 Dec.
4 Jan.
  1 Tim.
3:13-4:5
Mt.
3:1-6
Sunday
before
Theophany
 Between
29 Dec.
4 Jan.
  2 Tim
4:5-8
Mk.
1:1-18
Preparation
Theophany
our Father
among the
Saints
Silvester,
Pope of Rome
219James
1:1-18
Heb.
5:4-10

Jn.
6:35-39
Jn.
3:1-15
Second Day
Preparation
Holy Prophet
Malachias;

Holy Martyr
Gorduis
3210James
1:19-27
Jn.
6:40-48
Third Day
Preparation
Holy
Synaxix
70 Holy
Disciples;

our Holy
Father
Theoctistus,
Abbot
Monastery
Cucume
Sicily
4311James
2:1-13
1 Cor.
4:9-16
Jn.
6:48-55
Jn.
1:18-28
Paramony
Royal Hours
 5412ManyMany
Paramony
Theophany
Holy Martyrs
Theopemptus
and theonas;

our Venerable
Mother
Syncletica
54121 Tim.
3:13-4:5
1 Cor.
9:16-27
Mt.
3:1-6
Lk:3:1-18

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O God of all spirits and of all flesh, who have destroyed death, overcome the devil, and given life to the world: grant, O Lord, to the souls of your servants Bucky and Shirley, who has departed from this life, that it may rest in a place of light, in a place of happiness, in a place of peace, where there is no pain, no grief, no sighing. And since You are a gracious God and the Lover of Mankind, forgive him/her every sin he/she has committed by thought, or word, or deed, for there is not a man who lives and does not sin : You alone are without sin, your righteousness is everlasting, and your word is true. You are the Resurrection and the Life, and the repose of your departed servants Bucky and Shirley. O Christ our God, and we send up glory to You, together with your eternal Father and your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and always and for ages upon ages. Amen.

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