21 January Wednesday
Old Style — 8 JanuaryToday
The 33rd week after Pentecost. Wednesday
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
6 of 10 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- Martyr Abo of Tbilisi›
- St George of Choziba›
St Domnica of Constantinople›
St Carterius of Caesarea›
Sts Julian and Basilissa and Those with Them›
St Gregory the Wonderworker of the Caves›
Readings
At Matins: Mt 10:16–22 (§36)
Of the day: Jas 3:11 – 4:6 (§55); Mk 11:23–26 (§51); Jn 15:17 – 16:2 (§52)
The tone and the day's psalms
What is a tone?
A tone is not a psalm number. It is the mode in which that week's resurrection hymns are sung — the whole week's Vespers, Matins and Liturgy are set in one tone.
There are eight tones, and they change each week. The cycle opens with the first tone on Thomas Sunday after Pascha and returns to the first every eight weeks; Bright Week itself has no tone of its own. A new tone begins on Saturday evening, with the new church week.
The Psalter is divided into twenty kathismata and, by the usual rule, is read through once a week. Appointed for this day:
- At Matins · kathisma 10Psalms 70–76›
- At Matins · kathisma 11Psalms 77–84›
- At Vespers · kathisma 12Psalms 85–90›
This is the usual rule. In Great Lent the Psalter is read twice a week, and the kathismata are divided differently.
Word of the day
We owe our spiritual fathers far more than our fathers according to the flesh, who give us birth for this world and for life together with this world, while they give us birth for heaven and for eternal life together with God.
— St John Chrysostom · #
