Fr. John Whiteford: Reader Services through the Sunday of St. John Climacus

Tuesday, March 02, 2021

Reader Services through the Sunday of St. John Climacus

This installment covers the Sundays and Feasts of Old Calendar March, which on the civil Calendar runs from March 14th through April 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. 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.

For Forgiveness Sunday (March 14th n.s. / March 1st o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/triod4.doc

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

For Forgiveness Sunday Vespers (done on Sunday Evening), this text has everything laid out exactly as it would be done, with nothing omitted:

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

First Week of Lent: for Monday (March 15/2 ) through Thursday (March 18/5), the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is done.

http://stjonah.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/greatcanon_sts.pdf

Ideally, this is done as a part of Great Compline, but if that is too much, you can do it as part of Small Compline.

On the Fridays of Great Lent, you can do the Akathist with Small Compline:

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

For the Sunday of Orthodoxy (March 21st n.s. / March 8th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/lent1.doc

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

For the Sunday of the St. Gregory Palamas (March 28th n.s. / March 15th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/lent2.doc

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

For the Sunday of the Cross (March 4th n.s. / March 22nd o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/lent3.doc

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

For the Feast of Annunciation (April 7th n.s. / March 25th o.s.):

Annunciation is one of the more complicated services in the Liturgy Year. If anyone wants to try to put it together, the rubrics and texts are posted here:

https://saintjonah.org/services/annunciation_index.htm

But for most people, I would suggest that if you are unable to go to Church, on the eve of the feast (Monday night) use this text for Small Compline, which has the Annunciation Canon in it, laid out for lay use:

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

For the Sunday of St. John Climacus (April 11th n.s. / March 29th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/lent4.doc

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/tone3.doc

Typika

In place of the Liturgies, you would do Typika:

For Forgiveness Sunday (March 14th n.s. / March 1st o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_triod4.doc

For the Sunday of Orthodoxy (March 21st n.s. / March 8th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_lent1.doc

For the Sunday of the St. Gregory Palamas (March 28th n.s. / March 15th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_lent2.doc