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The '''Hexapsalmos''' (or '''Six Psalms''') are a group of six [[psalm]]s composed of two triads, beginning with Psalm 3, 37, 52 62 and ending with Psalm 87, 102, 142, read during the [[Matins]] service. These are read after the dismissal of the [[Midnight 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.
There is a tradition that the duration it takes to read the Hexapsalmos is the time will take for [[Christ]] to judge all of humanity at the [[Last Judgment]]. If a monk walks into church as the Hexapsalmos is read, he is expected to stop where he is and not move until the entire reading has been completed.
