6 February Friday
Old Style — 24 JanuaryToday
Sts Babylas, Timothy and Agapius
Week of the Publican and the Pharisee. Friday
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
4 of 8 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- Sts Babylas, Timothy and Agapius›
Sts Paul, Pausirius and Theodotion›- St Macedonius the Barley-eater›
St Xenia of Petersburg›
Readings
At the Liturgy: 1 Jn 2:7–17 (§70); Mk 14:3–9 (§63)
Liturgical note
This text is in Georgian only for now
*წმ. მელქისედეკისანდერძის თანახმად, სვეტიცხოველში მის სახელზე აღესრულებოდა ღამისთევის ჟამისწირვა და აღაპი. 1918 წლიდან კი მისი ხსენება შეტანილია საეკლესიო მოსახსენებელში. შენიშვნა:თუ უპირატესი ინებებს წმიდა მელქისედეკის განგების საზეიმოდ შესრულებას, მაშინ მისთვის საკითხავები საზიაროთაგან გვ. 239.
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 19Psalms 134–142›
- At Matins · kathisma 20Psalms 143–150›
- 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
We must trust those who have from the Lord the grace of caring for us, even if we think their commands contrary to our salvation. The sign of true faith is obedience without hesitation, even when what is asked is unexpected.
— Venerable John of Sinai (author of the Ladder) · #
