Wednesday, September 08, 2021

Reader Services though the 16th Sunday after Pentecost

 

Icon for the Indiction, September 1st o.s. / September 14th n.s.

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://www.ponomar.net/maktabah/MenaionLambertsenSeptember2000/index.html (you will need to look up the service according to the Old Calendar (o.s.) date).

For the Feast of the Indiction (Church New Year: September 14th n.s. / September 1st o.s.):

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

For the 13th Sunday after Pentecost / Commemoration of the Miracle of St. Michael the Archangel at Colossae: (September 19th n.s. / September 6th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/9-06_archangelmichael_miracle.doc

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/tone4.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 14th Sunday after Pentecost / The Dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (September 26th n.s. / September 13th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/9-13_ff_exaltation&dedication.doc

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

For the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 27th n.s. / September 14th o.s.):

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

For the 15th Sunday after Pentecost / GM Eustathius / Afterfeast of the Exaltation (October 3rd n.s. / September 20th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/9-20_af_exaltation_gmeustathius.doc

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

For the 16th Sunday after Pentecost / Martyr Callistratus and those with him: (October 10th n.s. / September 27th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/9-27_martyr_callistratus.doc

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/tone7.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 Indiction (Church New Year: September 14th n.s. / September 1st o.s.):

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

For the 13th Sunday after Pentecost / Commemoration of the Miracle of St. Michael the Archangel at Colossae: (September 19th n.s. / September 6th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent13.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 14th Sunday after Pentecost / The Dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (September 26th n.s. / September 13th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent14.doc

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 27th n.s. / September 14th o.s.):

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

For the 15th Sunday after Pentecost / GM Eustathius / Afterfeast of the Exaltation (October 3rd n.s. / September 20th o.s.):

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

For the 16th Sunday after Pentecost / Martyr Callistratus and those with him: (October 10th n.s. / September 27th o.s.):

http://www.saintjonah.org/services/typika_pent16.doc