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The '''Hexapsalmos''' (or '''Six Psalms''') are a group of six psalms, [[psalm]]s composed of two triads; , beginning with Psalm 3, 37, 52 and ending with Psalm 87, 102, 142, read during the [[Matins]] service. These area are read after the dismissal of the Mesonyktikon or [[NocturneMidnight Office]] at the beginning of the [[Matins]] service. Traditionally, they are read by the [[bishop]] or [[superior]] of the community, who may elect to delegate them to a reader.

The monastic There is a tradition of [[Mount Athos]] informs us that the duration it takes to read the '''Hexapsalmos''' is what they believe it the time will take for Christ to "judge" all of humanity at the final judgement[[Last Judgment]]. If a monk walks into church as the Hexapsalmos is read, they are expected to stop where they are and not move until the entire reading has been completed.

During the Hexapsalmos, the Priest comes into the holy Sanctuary, and standing before the Holy Table makes the ekphonesis If Matins is aggregated with reverence and the fear of God, ''Blessed is our God''; the Reader says the Trisagion; the Priest, the ''For Thine is the kingdom''; the Reader, the troparia ''Save, O Lord, Thy people'', ''Glory...'', ''Thou who wast lifted up on the Cross, Both now, Awesome protection, the Priest, Have mercy on us, O God etc.'', the ending, ''For Thou art a merciful God…'' and the Readerother services, ''In the name beginning of Matins may be performed quietly by the Lord, Father, bless; the Priest, Glory to the Holy and Consubstantial…,'' etc., the Proïstamenos says clergy during the Hexapsalmos with compunction while the people listen in total silence and reverence.

The Hexapsalmos are never left out, save the omitted except during [[Bright Week of New Creation ]] and the day of on the leave-taking of Pascha.

== See also ==* [[OrthrosCategory:Scripture]][[Category:Liturgics]]