22 November Sunday
Old Style — 9 NovemberToday
Sts Onesiphorus and Porphyrius
The 25th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 8
Commemoration
Tap a name to open the life
7 of 8 names — the rest are in Georgian only
- Sts Onesiphorus and Porphyrius›
St Matrona of Perge›
St Theoctista of Lesbos›- St Alexander of Thessalonica›
- St Anthony of Apamea›
St John the Short›- Sts Eustolia and Sosipatra›
Readings
At Matins: Mk 16:9–20 (§71)
At the Liturgy: Eph 4:1–6 (§224); Lk 8:41–56 (§39)
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
If you go to a place where a common table is set, take food and give thanks to God.
