{"id":593,"date":"2026-01-10T07:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/?page_id=593"},"modified":"2026-01-10T07:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:01:25","slug":"psalter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/?page_id=593","title":{"rendered":"Psalter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Psalter is read extensively in Orthodoxy. They are the prayers of the Church:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Psalter is so prevalent in Orthodox worship, St.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orthodoxwiki.org\/John_Chrysostom\">John Chrysostom<\/a>\u00a0said that wherever one looks in the Church, he finds the Psalter &#8220;first, last, and central.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Psalm 50, as an introductory prayer, is said at the beginning of many individual prayer rules as well as at Vespers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The hymn, &#8220;O, Lord I have Cried&#8221;, which includes &#8220;Set a watch O Lord&#8230;&#8221;, chanted at the beginning of every Vespers, is composed of Psalms 140, 141, and 129<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Every Friday night before Pascha our parish practices the tradition of reading the Psalter all night long<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Psalter can be read while people are waiting for Confession<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Every Great Vespers and Orthros we say the 8 or so Psalms designated for each service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Before Great Vespers, during 9th hour, we will chant Psalms 83-85<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any many more examples<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Keep in mind, Psalm numbering in Orthodoxy is slightly different from Western canons, not pictured here is the fact that we have a Psalm 151.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-10-064859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-10-064859.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-10-064859.png 283w, https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-10-064859-166x300.png 166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In monasteries it is not uncommon for the entire Psalter be read weekly. The first 150 Psalms are divided into 20 kathismata. Each kathisma contains 3 stases. At the parish level we usually say the Kathisma for Great Vespers and Orthros at the beginning of those services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-10-064051.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"879\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-10-064051.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-10-064051.png 879w, https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-10-064051-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-10-064051-768x405.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Psalter is read extensively in Orthodoxy. They are the prayers of the Church: In monasteries it is not uncommon for the entire Psalter be read weekly. 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