Church calendar · 2027

20 August Friday

Old Style — 7 August

Venerable Martyr Dometius the Persian and His Two Disciples (+363)

Dormition Fast Tone 7

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

Commemorated — from the synaxarion

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Venerable Martyr Dometius the Persian and His Two Disciples (+363)
Holy Martyrs Marinus the Soldier and Asterius the Senator (+260)
Venerable Or the Monk (+c. 390)
Venerable Martyr Potamia the Wonderworker
Venerable Pimen the Much-Ailing, of the Near Caves (+c. 1110)
Venerable John of Zedazeni and His Twelve Disciples: Abibos of Nekresi, Anthony of Martqopi, David of Gareji, Zenon of Iqalto, Thaddeus of Stepantsminda, Ise of Tsilkani, Joseph of Alaverdi, Isidore of Samtavisi, Michael of Ulumbo, Pyrrhus 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.

Word of the day

I have told you more than once that King David the prophet spoke very remarkable words: “The Lord reigneth.” In everything, always, everywhere, the Lord reigns. Indeed, if we look back over our lives, we shall see that at every step there is the trace of God, the providence of God and the mercy He has given. We can do nothing without God.