4 October Sunday
Old Style — 21 SeptemberToday
St Quadratus, Apostle of the Seventy
The 18th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 1
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
5 of 7 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- St Quadratus, Apostle of the Seventy›
Sts Hypatius and Andrew›- Sts Isaac and Meletius of Cyprus›
- St Priscus the Martyr›
The Relics of St Demetrius of Rostov›
Readings
At Matins: Jn 20:1–10 (§63)
At the Liturgy: Gal 2:16–20 (§203); Mk 8:34 – 9:1 (§37)
Of the day: 2 Cor 9:6–11 (§188); Mt 18:23–35 (§77)
Liturgical note
This text is in Georgian only for now
* ჯვრისამაღლების წარგზავნის გამო კოდრატე მოციქულის განგება გარდაიხდება 22 სექტერმბერს (5 ოქტომბერს) მღ.მოწ. ფოკასთან ერთად ან, როგორც ინებებს უპირატესი.
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 2Psalms 9–16›
- At Matins · kathisma 3Psalms 17–23›
- At Vespers · kathisma 18Psalms 119–133›
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
In the talk of brethren with one another there should be no coarseness and no angry word, for humility and reverence usually adorn an intelligent person more than they adorn a young maiden. The God-loving mind is that light which illumines the soul, as the visible sun sheds light on the body.
