28 September Monday
Old Style — 15 SeptemberToday
The 18th week after Pentecost. Monday
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
7 of 8 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- St Joseph of Alaverdi›
St Nicetas the Great Martyr›
The Relics of St Acacius of Melitene›- Sts Maximus, Theodotus and Asclepiodota›
St Porphyrius the Martyr›
The Relics of St Stephen the Protomartyr›- St Philotheus the Presbyter›
Readings
At Vespers: 1) Wis 5:15–24; 6:1–3; 2) Wis 3:1–9; 3) Wis 4:7–15
At Matins: Lk 6:17–23 (§24)
At the Liturgy: Eph 4:25–32 (§227); Mt 23:13–22 (§94); 2 Cor 4:6–15 (§176); Mt 11:27–30 (§43)
Liturgical note
This text is in Georgian only for now
* ჯვრისამაღლების უკუქცევა (იხ. „გარდახდომისა“ და „უკუქცევის“ შესახებ).
The tone and the day's psalms
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
Truly, people should order their life in this world as they ought and spend it in good ways. When this is done, then conditions favourable to the knowledge of God will be created. The person who worships God with his whole heart and with full faith receives, by God’s providence, unseen help to bridle wrath and foul desires, which are the cause of every evil.
