The Flowery Triode #
The feast of the Resurrection of the Righteous Lazarus opens a new liturgical season of the year — the Flowery Triode. The term Triode comes from the word tripesnets (three-ode canon) — the earliest compositions in this book were canons consisting of just three odes, dedicated to the Passion of Christ. Over time, additional canons were added, and the Triode period came to span nine weeks before Lazarus Saturday (Lenten Triode) and nine weeks from Lazarus Saturday to the Sunday of All Saints (Flowery Triode).
The Flowery Triode
The Flowery Triode is a book containing services for each day of the Triode period. It is of interest not only to those who strive to observe the daily services at home, but also to those who wish to pray during a great feast not only with the canon from the Canon Book by the first composer, but also with the second canon for the feast, the three-ode canon (tripesnets) read at Compline, and to read the Synaxarion.
The book includes services for such great feasts as Pascha, the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, the Ascension of the Lord, and Pentecost. It contains three-ode canons for each day of Holy Week. The Sunday and major festal services include instructional readings explaining the history and meaning of the feast — the Synaxarion.
The Old Ritualist edition of the Flowery Triode does not begin with the Paschal service, as is customary in post-reform editions, but according to ancient tradition begins with Lazarus Saturday.