20 October Tuesday
Old Style — 7 OctoberToday
The 21st week after Pentecost. Tuesday
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
5 of 6 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- St Joseph of Khevi›
Sts Sergius and Bacchus›
Sts Julian and Caesarius›
St Pelagia of Tarsus›
St Polychronius the Presbyter›
Readings
Liturgical note
This text is in Georgian only for now
*თუ უპირატესი ინებებს ღირსი იოსების და აღმს. ამბროსის განგების საზეიმოდ შესრულებას, მაშინ მისთვის ცისკრად და ლიტურგიაზე საკითხავები საზიაროთაგან გვ. 239. **ამბროსიაღმსარებლის მთავარი მოსახსენებელი დღეა 16 (29) მარტი, ხოლო მეორედ ხსენების წინამდებარე დღე დაწესდა უწმინდესისა და უნეტარესის ილია II-ის ლოცვა-კურთხევით.
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 7Psalms 46–54›
- At Matins · kathisma 8Psalms 55–63›
- At Vespers · kathisma 9Psalms 64–69›
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
By divine providence everything that exists and acts in this world is so. By the order established by God there comes to pass unfailingly in this world, for instance, that the sun rises and sets every day, and that the earth brings forth its fruits in due time; and all this was created for man and happens for his sake.
