Hi folks,
With vol. 1 of STM’s Hieratikon finally back in stock, I was able to get further into reviewing some liturgical notes. One curious thing I noticed was that during matins (and the hours, during Great Lent) there are several places that the text makes note that “In the full order, there’d be a reading here”.
Some of these are readings I was aware of (such as Synaxarion following the Kontakion/Ikos of the 6th Ode, or the Ladder during Lent at the Hours), but others I was not.
The text prescribes the Catecheses of St. Theodore the Studite ans the Lausiac History of St Palladius at various times of the year, but provides no hint of a lectionary, nor does the former even seem to be in print in English.
More obliquely, the text mentions “readings from St. Ephraim the Syrian”, “a life of the saint or readings for the feast”, or from the “commentary on the gospel/epistle”, the latter being read every day- though I can’t tell exactly what text either is even referring to.
Most obliquely, the text simply refers to “a reading” following the sedalion of the Third Ode during Festal Matins, and a “passage from the New Testament or the Fathers” to be read in between vespers and matins during vigil.
Does anyone have any insight as to the lectionaries of these texts, or even just what they are referring to?
