Candles & Incense
Church calendar · 2026
27 April Monday
Old Style — 14 AprilToday
The 3rd week of Pascha. Monday
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
4 of 5 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- St Martin the Confessor›
Sts Anthony, John and Eustathius of Vilnius›
St Ardalion the Actor›
St Azades and 1000 martyrs›
Readings
The tone and the day's psalms
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This week's tone is 2Eight 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:
- At Matins · kathisma 4Psalms 24–31›
- At Matins · kathisma 5Psalms 32–36›
- At Vespers · kathisma 6Psalms 37–45›
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
Why are you puffed up and haughty, O man? Why are you so swollen, and raise yourself higher than the clouds? Consider your nature: you are earth and ashes, and in a little while you will turn to dust.
— St Maximus the Confessor · #
