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==Liturgical Use==
Psalm 136 is a part of the Nineteenth Kathisma (division of the Psalter) and is read at [[MatinMatins]]s on Friday mornings throughout the year, except during [[Bright Week]] (the week following Easter Sunday) when no psalms at all are read. During most of [[Great Lent]] it is read at Matins on Thursday and at the Third Hour on Friday, but during the fifth week of Great Lent it is read at Vespers on Tuesday evening and at the Third Hour on Friday.
This psalm is also solemnly chanted at Matins after the Polyeleos on the three Sundays which precede the beginning of Great Lent.
