Byzantine Hours Kathisma Chart
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From September 22 nd to December 19 th and from January 15 th to the Sunday of the Prodigal Son: DAY 1 ST KATHISMA OF MATINS 2 ND KATHISMA OF MATINS 3 RD KATHISMA OF MATINS VESPERS Sunday 2 3 19 Monday 4 5 6 18 Tuesday 7 8 9 18 Wednesday 10 11 12 18 Thursday 13 14 15 18 Friday 19 20 18 Saturday 16 17 1 During the 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , and 6 th weeks of Great Lent: DAY MATINS 1 ST HOUR 3 RD HOUR 6 TH HOUR 9 TH HOUR VESPERS Sunday 2, 3, 17 Monday 4, 5, 6 7 8 9 18 Tuesday 10, 11, 12 13 14 15 16 18 Wednesday 19, 20, 1 2 3 4 5 18 Thursday 6, 7, 8 9 10 11 12 18 Friday 13, 14, 15 19 20 18 Saturday 16, 17 1 During the 5 th week of Great Lent: DAY MATINS 1 ST HOUR 3 RD HOUR 6 TH HOUR 9 TH HOUR VESPERS Sunday 2, 3, 17 Monday 4, 5, 6 7 8 9 10 Tuesday 11, 12, 13 14 15 16 18 19 Wednesday 20, 1, 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thursday 8 9 10 11 12 Friday 13, 14, 15 19 20 18 Saturday 16, 17 1
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The chart to pray along with the Greek monastic tradition of psalmody as part of the Byzantine Hours. For dividing the psalter into kathisma, see here: http://oca.org/liturgics/outlines/the-division-of-the-psalter-into-kathismas
Transcript of Byzantine Hours Kathisma Chart
From September 22nd
to December 19th
and from January 15th
to the Sunday of the
Prodigal Son:
DAY 1ST
KATHISMA
OF MATINS
2ND
KATHISMA
OF MATINS
3RD
KATHISMA
OF MATINS
VESPERS
Sunday 2 3 19
Monday 4 5 6 18
Tuesday 7 8 9 18
Wednesday 10 11 12 18
Thursday 13 14 15 18
Friday 19 20 18
Saturday 16 17 1
During the 1st, 2
nd, 3
rd, 4
th, and 6
th weeks of Great Lent:
DAY MATINS 1ST
HOUR
3RD
HOUR
6TH
HOUR
9TH
HOUR
VESPERS
Sunday 2, 3, 17
Monday 4, 5, 6 7 8 9 18
Tuesday 10, 11, 12 13 14 15 16 18
Wednesday 19, 20, 1 2 3 4 5 18
Thursday 6, 7, 8 9 10 11 12 18
Friday 13, 14, 15 19 20 18
Saturday 16, 17 1
During the 5th
week of Great Lent:
DAY MATINS 1ST
HOUR
3RD
HOUR
6TH
HOUR
9TH
HOUR
VESPERS
Sunday 2, 3, 17
Monday 4, 5, 6 7 8 9 10
Tuesday 11, 12, 13 14 15 16 18 19
Wednesday 20, 1, 2 3 4 5 6 7
Thursday 8 9 10 11 12
Friday 13, 14, 15 19 20 18
Saturday 16, 17 1
If the Annunciation falls on the Thursday of the 5th
week of Great Lent, the Great Canon
is moved to Tuesday:
DAY MATINS 1ST
HOUR
3RD
HOUR
6TH
HOUR
9TH
HOUR
VESPERS
Sunday 2, 3, 17
Monday 4, 5, 6 7 8 9 10 11
Tuesday 12 13 14 15 16
Wednesday 19, 20, 1 2 3 4 5
Thursday 6, 7, 8 9 10 11 12
Friday 13, 14, 15 19 20 18
Saturday 16, 17 1
During Holy Week:
DAY MATINS 1ST
HOUR
3RD
HOUR
6TH
HOUR
9TH
HOUR
VESPERS
Palm
Sunday
2, 3,
Polyeleos
Monday 4, 5, 6 7 8 18
Tuesday 9, 10, 11 12 13 18
Wednesday 14, 15, 16 19 20 18
From Holy Thursday to Bright Saturday, no psalms are read.
From Thomas Sunday to September 21st, from December 20
th to January 14
th, and during
Meatfare and Cheesefare Weeks:
DAY 1ST
KATHISMA
OF MATINS
2ND
KATHISMA
OF MATINS
3RD
KATHISMA
OF MATINS
VESPERS
Sunday 2 3 17
Monday 4 5 6
Tuesday 7 8 9
Wednesday 10 11 12
Thursday 13 14 15
Friday 19 20 18
Saturday 16 17 1
