29 January Thursday
Old Style — 16 JanuaryToday
The Chains of the Apostle Peter
The 34th week after Pentecost. Thursday
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
2 of 3 names — the rest are in Georgian only
All the lives for this day — 5
Readings
At the Liturgy: 1 Pet 4:12 – 5:5 (§62); Mk 12:38–44 (§57); 2 Pet 1:1–10 (§64); Mk 13:1–8 (§58)
For the apostle: Acts 12:1–11 (§29); Jn 21:15–25 (§67)
Liturgical note
This text is in Georgian only for now
*პეტრესჯაჭვის სახელზე თბილისში არსებობს ეკლესია (ავჭალაში, კლდოვანი გორაკის თავზე), სადაც ეს დღესასწაული განსაკუთრებული ზეიმით აღინიშნება.
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 13Psalms 91–100›
- At Matins · kathisma 14Psalms 101–104›
- At Vespers · kathisma 15Psalms 105–108›
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
The sins of a priest deserve far greater punishment than those of ordinary people… they are graver not only by their nature but by the dignity of the priest who commits them.
