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*'''''During Great Lent'''''
:During the weekdays of Great Lent, kathisma readings are added to the services of the [[Hours]] so that the entire Psalter is read through twice each week. The cycle of appointed kathismata readings for Great Lent are as follows:<br><br>
During the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Sixth Weeks of Great Lent:
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During the Fifth Week of Great Lent:
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!Day!!Orthros!!First Hour!!Third Hour!!Sixth Hour!!Ninth Hour!!Vespers
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!Su
|II, III||-||-||-||-||-
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!M
|IV, V, VI||-||VII||VIII||IX||X
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!Tu
|XI, XII, XIII||XIV||XV||XVI||XVIII||XIX
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!W
|XX, I, II||III||IV||V||VI||VII
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!Th
|VIII||-||IX||X||XI||XII
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!F
|XIII, XIV, XV||-||XIX||XX||-||XVIII
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!Sa
|XVI, XVII||-||-||-||-||I
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When the feast of the Annunciation falls on the Thursday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent, the Great Canon is sung on the Tuesday of that week and the Psalter is read as follows:
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!Day!!Orthros!!First Hour!!Third Hour!!Sixth Hour!!Ninth Hour!!Vespers
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!Su
|II, III, XVII||-||-||-||-||-
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!M
|IV, V, VI||VII||VIII||IX||X||XI
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!Tu
|XII||-||XIII||XIV||XV||XVI
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!W
|XIX, XX, I||II||III||IV||V||-
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!Th
|VI, VII, VIII*||IX||X||XI||XII||-
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!F
|XIII, XIV, XV||-||XIX||XX||-||XVIII
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!Sa
|XVI, XVII||-||-||-||-||I
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*On Thursday, the feast of the Annunciation, the polyeleos (Ps. 44) is chanted at the third kathisma of Matins.
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During Holy Week:
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!Day!!Orthros!!First Hour!!Third Hour!!Sixth Hour!!Ninth Hour!!Vespers
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!Su
|II, III||-||-||-||-||-
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!M
|IV, V, VI||-||VII||VIII||-||XVIII
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!Tu
|IX, X, XI||-||XII||XIII||-||XVIII
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!W
|XIV, XV, XVI||-|XIX||XX||-||XVIII
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!Th
|-||-||-||-||-||-
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!F
|-||-||-||-||-||-
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!Sa
|-||-||-||-||-||-
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After Wednesday of Holy Week, we lay aside the Psalter until the eve of Thomas Sunday at Vespers.
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