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Church calendar · 2026

20 May Wednesday

Old Style — 7 May

St John of Zedazeni and his Twelve Disciples

The 6th week of Pascha. Wednesday

Venerable John of Zedazeni and His Twelve Disciples: Abibus of Nekresi, Anthony of Martqopi, David of Gareji, Zenon of Iqalto, Thaddeus of Stepantsminda, Ise of Tsilkani, Joseph of Alaverdi, Isidore of Samtavisi, Michael of Ulumbo, Pyrrhus of Breti, Stephen of Khirsa and Shio of Mghvime (VI)

Commemoration

Tap a name to open the life

2 of 4 names — the rest are in Georgian only

All the lives for this day — 3

Readings

At Vespers: 1) Wis 3:1–9; 2) Wis 5:15–24; 6:1–3; 3) Wis 4:7–15

At Matins: Lk 6:17–23 (§24)

At the Liturgy: Acts 18:22–28 (§41); Jn 12:36–47 (§43)

For the venerable: Gal 5:22 – 6:2 (§213); Mt 11:27–30 (§43); 1 Cor 1:18–24 (§125); Rom 13:1–10 (§111); Jn 10:1–9 (§35, from the middle)

Liturgical note

This text is in Georgian only for now

შენიშვნა 1:ღირსთა დღესასწაული ჩატარდება მსგავსად აღდგომის დღესასწაულის წარგზავნას დამთხვეული წმიდა იოანე ღმრთისმეტყველის განგებისა (იხ. ზატიკი 1850 წ. მარკოზის თავები გვ. 270).

*მწუხრის,ცისკრისა და ლიტურგიის დასაწყისი, ასევე ლიტურგიის დასასრული და განტევება შესრულდება წმ. პასექის წესით. ** ხსენებისდღე დაწესდა წმიდა სინოდის 2016 წლის 22 დეკემბრის კრების განჩინებით.

The tone and the day's psalms

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This week's tone is 5Eight 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

All sins grow old together with a man; only covetousness grows younger day by day.

— St Ambrose of Milan · #

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