Reader Services though the 12th Sunday after Pentecost

This installment covers the Sundays of Old Calendar August, which on the civil Calendar runs from August 14th through September 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). The Sunday 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 either the Katavasia of the Cross, Transfiguration, or Dormition -- the respective Rubrics will tell you which. Also, on Sundays, there are some hymns that are appointed according to which Matins Gospel is read. To find out which one is read, you also 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://www.ponomar.net/maktabah/MenaionLambertsenAugust2000/index.html (you will need to look up the service according to the Old Calendar (o.s.) date).

For the feast of the Procession of the Cross: (August 14th n.s. / August 1st o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/8-01_procession_saturday_t6.doc

For the 8th Sunday after Pentecost / Translation of the Relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (August 15th n.s. / August 2nd o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/8-02_transrelics_ststephen.doc

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

For  the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (August 19th n.s. / August 6th o.s.):

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

For the 9th Sunday after Pentecost / Apostle Matthias / Afterfeast of the Transfiguration (August 22nd n.s. / August 9th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/8-09_ap_matthias_af.doc

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

For the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (August 28th n.s. / August 15th o.s.):

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

For the 10th Sunday after Pentecost / Afterfeast of the Dormition / Translation of the Icon Not-made-by-hands (August 29th n.s. / August 16th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/8-16_holynapkin_af.doc

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/tone1.doc

For the 11th Sunday after Pentecost / The Apodosis of the Dormition (September 5th n.s. / August 23rd o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/8-23_apodosis_dormition.doc

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/tone2.doc

For the feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (September 11th n.s. / August 29th o.s.):

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

For the 12th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Alexander Nevsky (September 12th n.s. / August 30th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/8-30_stalexander_nevsky.doc

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/tone3.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 feast of the Procession of the Cross: (August 14th n.s. / August 1st o.s.):

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

For the 8th Sunday after Pentecost / Translation of the Relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (August 15th n.s. / August 2nd o.s.):

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

For  the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (August 19th n.s. / August 6th o.s.):

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

For the 9th Sunday after Pentecost / Apostle Matthias / Afterfeast of the Transfiguration (August 22nd n.s. / August 9th o.s.):

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

For the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (August 28th n.s. / August 15th o.s.):

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

For the 10th Sunday after Pentecost / Afterfeast of the Dormition / Translation of the Icon Not-made-by-hands (August 29th n.s. / August 16th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent10.doc

For the 11th Sunday after Pentecost / The Apodosis of the Dormition (September 5th n.s. / August 23rd o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent11.doc

For the feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (September 11th n.s. / August 29th o.s.):

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

For the 12th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Alexander Nevsky (September 12th n.s. / August 30th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent12.doc