10 November Tuesday
Old Style — 28 OctoberToday
Hieromartyr Neophytus of Urbnisi
The 24th week after Pentecost. Tuesday
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
10 of 10 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- Hieromartyr Neophytus of Urbnisi›
St Paraskeva of Iconium›
Sts Terence, Neonilla and Their Children›- St Stephen the Sabaite›
- St Arsenius of Serbia›
Sts Terence, Africanus and Those with Them›
St Cyriacus of Jerusalem›- St John of Chozeba›
St Demetrius of Rostov›
St Arsenios of Cappadocia›
Readings
At Matins: Mt 10:16–22 (§36)
At the Liturgy: 1 Thes 3:9–13 (§268); Lk 11:1–10 (§55)
For the hieromartyr: 1 Tim 1:12–17 (§280); Lk 12:32–40 (§67)
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
Fast every day until the ninth hour, except on Saturday and the Lord’s day (Sunday); and when the ninth hour comes, go into your inner cell (after working in the outer cell, that is, in the porch) and before taking food offer up prayer to the Lord. After taking food, read and pray by turns.
