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Church calendar · 2026

17 April Friday

Old Style — 4 April

St Joseph the Hymnographer

Bright Week. Friday

Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer (+883)

Commemoration

Tap a name to open the life

4 of 4 names — the rest are in Georgian only

All the lives for this day — 4

Readings

At the Liturgy: Acts 3:1–8 (§7); Jn 2:12–22 (§7)

For the Mother of God: Phil 2:5–11 (§240); Lk 10:38–42; 11:27–28 (§54)

Liturgical note

This text is in Georgian only for now

* გარდამავალია,იდღესასწაულება ბრწყინვალე შვიდეულის პარასკევს. ამის შესახებ ცნობას გვაწვდის ზატიკი: „ხუთშაბათსა მწუხრად ბრწყინუალისა შჳდეულისასა, ვჰგალობთ მდგომარესა შედეგსა, ქმნილსა უფლისაგან ნიკოფორე კალისტე ქსანთოპულოსისა, ყოვლად წმიდისა დედოფლისა ღმრთისმშობელისა, ცხოვრების შემწყნარებელისა წყაროისათჳს; რამეთუ ვერსადა ვჰპოეთ ტიპიკონთა შინა აკოლოთიაჲ ამისთჳს, არამედ დავსდევით სიყუარულისათჳს ყოვლადწმიდისა ღმრთისმშობელისა“ (იხ. ზატიკი, 1850 წ. გვ. 34).

The tone and the day's psalms

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Bright WeekEight tones — the Octoechos
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:

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

When your soul goes forth, you will be asked only about what is yours, not about another’s.

— St Elder Alexis (Shushania) · #

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