day 2

October 2: Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian & The Martyr Justina

The 2nd Day Of The Month Of October

Commemoration Of The Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian

& The Martyr Justina

(for this day we provide also the service in honor of St. Andrew of Constantinople)

October 2: Holy & Blessed Andrew, Fool For Christ’s Sake

Also On The 2nd Day Of The Month Of October

(Or, Following The Greek Calendar, The 28th Day Of The Month Of May)

Commemoration Of The Holy & Blessed Andrew,

The Fool For Christ’s Sake

The following service is provided in the Slavonic Menaion with the rubric that it is to be chanted at compline on the 2nd of October. It is, however, quite unusual, having a full complement of hymns as if it were an independent service. Coinciding as it does with the commemoration of SS Cyprian and Justina, the service could be combined with that for the martyrs… but in that event, much of its hymnody would be omitted (as would be the case were it used at compline). It is therefore presented as an independent service (a single missing stavrotheotokion has been supplied by the translator), and may be used either (a) as an alternative service on 2 October, or on 28 May, or (b) combined with the other service for either of those dates, or (c) chanted simply as a canon with additional hymns on 2 October, as the Slavonic rubrics suggest.