25 January Sunday
Old Style — 12 JanuaryToday
The 33rd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 8
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
5 of 6 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- St Tatiana the Martyr›
St Mertius the Martyr›
St Peter Abselamites›
St Eupraxia of Tabennisi›
St Sava of Serbia›
Readings
At Matins: Jn 21:15–25 (§67)
At the Liturgy: Eph 4:7–13 (§224, from the middle); Mt 4:12–17 (§8)
Of the day: 1 Tim 4:9–15 (§285, from the middle); Lk 19:1–10 (§94)
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 2Psalms 9–16›
- At Matins · kathisma 3Psalms 17–23›
- At Vespers · kathisma 18Psalms 119–133›
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
Before going to a priest, pray to God that He may have mercy on you and let your spiritual father say what will be profitable for you; and then fulfil with faith what the God-wise fathers have said, and God will grant you peace.
— Venerable Isaiah of Egypt · #
