Church calendar · 2027

20 June Sunday

Old Style — 7 June

Pentecost (Trinity Day)

Fast-free day Tone 7

Pentecost. The day of the Holy Trinity

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This year's detailed calendar has not been published yet — these are calculated dates.

Commemorated — from the synaxarion

Tap a name to open the life

Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra (+303)
Hieromartyr Marcellinus, Pope of Rome, and the Martyrs Claudius, Cyrinus and Antoninus (+304)
Hieromartyr Marcellus, Pope of Rome, and with Him the Martyrs Sisinius, Cyriacus the Deacon, Smaragdus, Largus, Apronianus, Saturninus, Papias, Maurus, Crescentian, and the Women Priscilla, Lucina and Artemia (IV)
Sts Esia and Susanna (I)
Holy Martyrs Caleria (Valeria), Cyriaca and Mary, Who Suffered in Caesarea of Palestine (IV)
Venerable John of Zedazeni and His Twelve Disciples: Abibus of Nekresi, Anthony of Martqopi, David of Gareja, Zenon of Iqalto, Thaddeus of Stepantsminda, Ise of Tsilkani, Joseph of Alaverdi, Isidore of Samtavisi, Michael of Ulumbo, Piros of Breti, Stephen of Khirsa and Shio of Mgvime (VI)

All the lives for this day — 6

The tone and the day's psalms

This week's tone is 7Eight tones — the Octoechos

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:

This is the usual rule. In Great Lent the Psalter is read twice a week, and the kathismata are divided differently.