Reader Services for through the 9th Sunday After Pentecost

This installment covers the Sundays of Old Calendar July, which on the civil Calendar runs from July 14th through August 13th. I intend to keep these texts posted as long as there are states or English speaking countries that are still under lockdown due to the Coronavirus.

The Eves

For the Eves of the upcoming Sundays and Feasts, you could ideally do the Vigil. The fixed portions can be downloaded here:

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/reader_vigil.doc

or viewed in HTML, here:

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/vigil.htm

For the Rubrics, see: http://www.saintjonah.org/rub/

The variable portions of the service can be downloaded here (all of these would be served on the eve of their respective days). These services require two files, because these combinations do not repeat annually. In addition to the files linked for the Sundays below, you will need to use the appropriate Katavasia, which for this time period is the Katavasia of the Theotokos. Also, there are some hymns that are appointed according to which Matins Gospel is read. To find out which one is read, you need to look at the Rubrics. For those texts, you will find them here: http://www.saintjonah.org/services/matinsgospel.doc Those hymns are usually done at the Exapostilaria and then at the Doxasticon at the Praises.

Also, the texts below do not always have the full canon for the Menaion, but you can find that here:

https://orthodox-europe.org/liturgics/menaion/july/ (you will need to look up the service according to the Old Calendar (o.s.) date).

For the 6th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Sisoes the Great (July 19th n.s. / July 6th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/7-06_stsisoes.doc

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/tone5.doc

For the 7th Sunday after Pentecost / Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils (July 26th n.s. / July 13th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/7-13-19_fathers_6councils.doc

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/tone6.doc

For the 8th Sunday after Pentecost / Prophet Elijah (August 2nd n.s. / July 20th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/7-20_prophet_elijah.doc

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/tone7.doc

For the 9th Sunday after Pentecost / Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon (August 9th n.s. / July 27th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/7-27_gm_panteleimon.doc

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/tone8.doc

However, if doing Vigil is too much for you at present, you could do Small Compline, and take the canon of each of the above days, and read it immediately after the Creed, and then repeat the Kontakion that is appointed after Ode 6th of  the canon after the following Trisagion.

Typika

In place of the Liturgies, you would do Typika:

For the 6th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Sisoes the Great (July 19th):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent6.doc

For the 7th Sunday after Pentecost / Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils (July 26th):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent7.doc

For the 8th Sunday after Pentecost / Prophet Elijah (August 2nd):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent8.doc

For the 9th Sunday after Pentecost / Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon (August 9th):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent9.doc