Monday, October 11, 2021

Reader Services though the 20th Sunday after Pentecost

This installment covers the Sundays of Old Calendar October, which on the civil Calendar runs from October 14th through November 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 the Katavasia of the Theotokos -- 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/MenaionLambertsenOctober2000/index.html (you will need to look up the service according to the Old Calendar (o.s.) date).

For the Feast of the Protection: (October 14th n.s. / October 1st o.s.):

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

For the 17th Sunday after Pentecost / Hieromartyr Hierotheus, Bishop of Athens (October 17th n.s. / October 4th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/10-04_hmhierotheus.doc

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

For the Feast of St. Jonah: (October 20th n.s. / October 7th o.s.):

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

For the 18th Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (October 24th n.s. / October 11th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/10-08+fathers7thcouncil.doc

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

For the 19th Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke (October 31st n.s. / October 18th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/10-18_ap_luke.doc

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

For the 20th Sunday after Pentecost / Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the notaries of Constantinople (November 7th n.s. / October 25th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/10-25_mm_marcian&martyrius.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 Protection: (October 14th n.s. / October 1st o.s.):

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

For the 17th Sunday after Pentecost / Hieromartyr Hierotheus, Bishop of Athens (October 17th n.s. / October 4th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent17.doc

For the Feast of St. Jonah: (October 20th n.s. / October 7th o.s.):

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

For the 18th Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (October 24th n.s. / October 11th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent18.doc

For the 19th Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke (October 31st n.s. / October 18th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent19.doc

For the 20th Sunday after Pentecost / Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the notaries of Constantinople (November 7th n.s. / October 25th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent20.doc