8 November Sunday
Old Style — 26 OctoberToday
The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 6
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
5 of 7 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- St Demetrius of Thessalonica›
St Alexander (Okropiridze)›
St Lupus the Martyr›- St Athanasius of Medikion›
St Demetrius of Basarbovo›
Readings
At Matins: Mt 28:16–20 (§116)
At the Liturgy: Eph 2:4–10 (§220); Lk 16:19–31 (§83)
For the great-martyr: 2 Tim 2:1–10 (§292); Jn 15:17 – 16:2 (§52)
Liturgical note
This text is in Georgian only for now
* თუუპირატესი ინებებსეპ. ალექსანდრესგანგების 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 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
When you go out to the harvest or on some other errand, do not linger long without work, but as soon as the task is done return to your solitary dwelling.
