Church calendar · 2026

2 May Saturday

Old Style — 19 April

St John of the Old Lavra

Fast-free day Tone 2

The 3rd week of Pascha. Saturday

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Venerable John, Who Was a Priest of the Old Lavra in Palestine (VIII)

Commemoration

Tap a name to open the life

6 of 7 names — the rest are in Georgian only

All the lives for this day — 6

Readings

Acts 9:19–31 (§22); Jn 15:17 – 16:2 (§52)

The tone and the day's psalms

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:

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

If you see a man who takes counsel with no one and does not carry out the advice he is given, then expect that in a short time he will fall into delusion.

— Venerable Joseph of Athos, † 1959 · #