Akathist Questions

[futureKC123]

Ok so I’d like to say a couple of akathists consecutively. Do I say the beginning prayers and then both of them straight through and then the closing prayers?
How would I say these akathists consecutively:
Akathist to Jesus Christ
Akathist to the Theotokos
Akathist to my Guardian Angel
Akathist to Saint Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland

Also, how do I change the service to make it a reader service instead of one for priests?
Thanks!
FKC

 

[Vico]

Ok so I’d like to say a couple of akathists consecutively. Do I say the beginning prayers and then both of them straight through and then the closing prayers?
How would I say these akathists consecutively:
Akathist to Jesus Christ
Akathist to the Theotokos
Akathist to my Guardian Angel
Akathist to Saint Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland

Also, how do I change the service to make it a reader service instead of one for priests?
Thanks!
FKC

It is recommended to first learn Vespers and Matins, before learning others.

Say no blessings, and no incense, for reader services. You can change “May Christ…” to “O Christ …” and “his” to “your”, so it is not a blessing. You can open with “Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us.”

Akathist to Jesus is quite long:Opening and Our Father
Preamble
Twelve Chants each with Kontakion
Final Thirteenth Chant
Dismissal
Akathist to the Theotokos is also quite long:Opening and Our Father
Preamble
Twelve Chants each with Kontakion
Dismissal
I believe each should be complete in itself. But the Opening and Our Father are almost identical, and well as the Dismissal.

I 'm not familiar with the other two you mention.

 

[Cavaradossi]

Ok so I’d like to say a couple of akathists consecutively. Do I say the beginning prayers and then both of them straight through and then the closing prayers?
How would I say these akathists consecutively:
Akathist to Jesus Christ
Akathist to the Theotokos
Akathist to my Guardian Angel
Akathist to Saint Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland

Also, how do I change the service to make it a reader service instead of one for priests?
Thanks!
FKC

I’m not sure how one would combine multiple akathist hymns (canons yes, but not akathist hymns), but I might recommend doing these akathist hymns in the context of small compline, doing just one each night (and rotating them). Trying to do four akathist hymns in one standing would easily be an affair that could last for over an hour.