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Church calendar · 2026

7 June Sunday

Old Style — 25 May

Third Finding of the Head of St John the Baptist

The 1st Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 8

Third Finding of the Precious Head of the Holy and Glorious Forerunner and Baptist John (c. 850)

Commemoration

Tap a name to open the life

2 of 4 names — the rest are in Georgian only

All the lives for this day — 2

Readings

At Vespers: 1) Isa 43:9–14; 2) Wis 3:1–9

At Matins: 3) Mt 28:16–20 (§116)

At the Liturgy: Mt 10:32–33, 37–38; 10:27–30 (§38)

Liturgical note

This text is in Georgian only for now

შენიშვნა:ყოველთა წმიდათა კვირიაკესდამთხვეული თვენის წმიდის განგებაშესრულდებაპარასკევს სერობაზე, ან როცა უპირატესი ინებებს(იხ. ზატიკი, 1850 წ. გვ. 376), ხოლო საჩინო წმიდის, ან ეკლესიის წმიდის განგება გადაიხდება ამავე დღეს, მსგავსად ამ დღეს დამთხვეული იოანე ნათლისმცემლის თავის პოვნის დღესასწაულისა (იხ. ზატიკი, 1850 წ. გვ. 476). *წმ. იოანე ნათლისმცემლის თავის მესამედ პოვნის დღესასწაული დაიტევება და გადაიტანება 23 მაისს, ან როცა უპირატესი ინებებს (იხ. 23 მაისის შენიშვნა).

The tone and the day's psalms

8
This week's tone is 8Eight 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

Three divine treasures have come down to us from our fathers and forefathers: homeland, language and faith. If we do not take care even of these, what kind of men shall we be, what answer shall we give to those who come after us?

— St Ilia the Righteous (Chavchavadze) · #

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