17 November Tuesday
Old Style — 4 NovemberToday
The Righteous John, Stephen and Isaiah the Georgians
The 25th week after Pentecost. Tuesday
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
3 of 5 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- The Righteous John, Stephen and Isaiah the Georgians›
St Joannicius the Great›
Sts Nicander and Hermas›
Readings
2 Thes 1:10 – 2:2 (§274, from the middle); Lk 11:34–41 (§60)
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
Do your handiwork diligently when you are alone in your cell, and from on high the true fear of God will be granted to your soul.
