Wednesday, September 09, 2020

Reader Services though the 18th Sunday after Pentecost


This installment covers the Sundays of Old Calendar September, which on the civil Calendar runs from September 14th through October 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, and the more commonly used 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://orthodox-europe.org/liturgics/menaion/september/ (you will need to look up the service according to the Old Calendar (o.s.) date).

For the 15th Sunday after Pentecost / Martyr Sozon / Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos: (September 20th n.s. / September 7th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/9-07_martyr_sozon.doc

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

For the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos (September 21st n.s. / September 8th o.s.):

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

For the 16th Sunday after Pentecost / The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 27th n.s. / September 14th o.s.):

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

For the 17th Sunday after Pentecost / The Apodosis of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: (October 4th n.s. / September 21st o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/9-21_apodosis_exaltation.doc

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

For the 18th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Chariton the Confessor: (October 11th n.s. / September 28th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/9-28_stcharitontheconfessor.doc

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/tone1.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 15th Sunday after Pentecost / Martyr Sozon / Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos: (September 20th n.s. / September 7th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent15.doc

For the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos (September 21st n.s. / September 8th o.s.):

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

For the 16th Sunday after Pentecost / The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 27th n.s. / September 14th o.s.):

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

For the 17th Sunday after Pentecost / The Apodosis of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: (October 4th n.s. / September 21st o.s.):

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

For the 18th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Chariton the Confessor: (October 11th n.s. / September 28th o.s.):

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