mentioned as the saint of the day in the dismissal on the date listed as his or her feast in the synaxarion?
There are at least four possible answers to this question. (1) The commemorations of saints and feasts are ranked in five general classes. There are also some subclasses. First class commemorations are the major feasts dedicated to our Lord Jesus Christ Theophany, Pentecost, Nativity, etc. Second class commemorations are the major feasts of the Theotokos Annunciation, Dormition, etc. All other commemorations fall within the third through fifth classes, including two intermediate classes between the third and fourth. The fifth class is further subdivided between simple commemorations and commemorations with two glories, so called because the akalouthia of such commemorations include special troparia after the doxastica (Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit) that comes at the ends of Lord, I have Cried and the aposticha at Vespers. Per the Typikon, only those commemorations ranked fifth class two glories and above are mentioned in the dismissal. To read more about
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- mentioned as the saint of the day in the dismissal on the date listed as his or her feast in the synaxarion?
