17 October Saturday
Old Style — 4 OctoberToday
Hieromartyr Evdemoz I, Catholicos of Georgia
The 20th week after Pentecost. Saturday
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
7 of 9 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- Hieromartyr Evdemoz I, Catholicos of Georgia›
St Hierotheus of Athens›- Sts Gaius, Faustus, Eusebius and Chaeremon›
St Peter of Capitolias›
Sts Domnina, Berenice and Prosdoce›
St Ammon of Nitria›- St Paul the Simple›
Readings
Liturgical note
This text is in Georgian only for now
*თუ უპირატესი ინებებს წმ. ევდემოზის განგების საზეიმოდ შესრულებას, მაშინ მისთვის ცისკრად და ლიტურგიაზე საკითხავები საზიაროთაგან გვ. 239.
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 16Psalms 109–117›
- At Matins · kathisma 17Psalms 118›
- At Vespers · kathisma 1Psalms 1–8›
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
A person who speaks senselessly, without judgement, has no understanding, since he utters words in such a way that he thinks nothing about them. But you, judge and consider what it will be profitable to say and to do for your salvation.
