18 March Wednesday
Old Style — 5 MarchToday
The 4th week of Great Lent. Wednesday
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
5 of 10 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- St Conon of Isauria›
St Conon of Nazareth›
St Eulogius of Palestine›
St Mark the Faster›- St Hesychius the Faster›
Readings
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
At the Sixth Hour: Isa 26:21 – 27:9
At Vespers: Gen 9:18 – 10:1; Prov 12:23 – 13:9
Liturgical note
This text is in Georgian only for now
შენიშვნა:Iჟამზე ჯვრის თაყვანისცემა.
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
An obedient man is not embarrassed by reproach, nor inflamed by insult. The obedient man rejoices in sorrow and gives thanks in grief.
