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Elders and Elders ABOUT READING THE 17th KATHISMA.
THE 17TH KATHISMA WILL PROTECT YOU AT THE TORMENTALS. Read the 17th kathisma - pray away your sins and the sins of your relatives to the 7th generation. Be sure to read the 17th Kathisma on Friday evening. Read the 17th kathisma for the deceased every day. Pray for the Kingdom of Heaven.

Reading morning prayers is a blessing for the day. Vespers - forgiveness of sins.

There are three main books: the Gospel, the Epistle of the Apostles and the Psalter - they can be compared with the originals. Nothing can be fixed about them. All the other books are fake now: I changed one or two words and the meaning of the prayer changed. They undergo computer processing and the meaning changes. Use only old books.

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Elder schema-nun Antonia: “The seventeenth kathisma is the basis of the Psalter, it must be read in its entirety, it is indivisible... Remember the seventeenth kathisma! So that the seventeenth kathisma be read every day! You won’t be able to read it in the evening, which means during the day, on the road, anywhere, but the seventeenth kathisma must be read daily. This is your spiritual savings book, this is your capital for your sins. At the ordeals, the seventeenth kathisma will already be in defense for you.” Some people think that the 17th kathisma is read only when it is her turn and there is no other way. This is not entirely true. It is good to read it every day and many pious lay people do so. —- This is a great help for the deceased! We may not always feel that our prayer is getting through, but the deceased feel it and they really need support. They are waiting for our prayers and hoping for our help. And I really don’t want to deceive their hopes... On the third, ninth, fortieth days one should read the 17th kathisma according to the deceased. This kathisma depicts the bliss of those who walked in the law of the Lord, i.e. the bliss of righteous people who tried to live according to the commandments of God. The meaning and meaning of Psalm 118 are revealed in verse 19: “I am a stranger (stranger) on earth: hide not Thy commandments from me.” Explanatory Bible ed. A.P. Lopukhina gives the following explanation to this verse: “Life on earth is a wandering, a journey made by a person to reach his fatherland and permanent, eternal residence. Obviously, the latter is not on earth, but beyond the grave. If so, then earthly life must be prepared for the afterlife, and only the unmistakably chosen path on earth can lead to it. How and where to find the last one? This path is indicated in the commandments of the Law. Whoever does not follow them is mistaken and will not reach the afterlife, i.e. afterlife, as a reward for the labor incurred to achieve it. Here is a fairly clear teaching about the purpose of earthly existence, the immortality of the human soul and reward after death.”

Elder Schema-nun Antonia advised reading the 17th kathisma every day and added that this would provide protection during the ordeals. Reading this kathisma is useful for the reader himself. After all, the purpose of our life is to keep the commandments, to avoid sin. In 17 Kathisma there are a lot of such invocations. Having read this kathisma at least once, it is difficult not to be moved. Be sure to read this kathisma for the deceased if you know how to read the Psalter. This is almsgiving with a very generous hand. You will feel great comfort. There will be obstacles and lack of time, but try to find time for such a good deed. You won't be disappointed. Remembrance of the dead is also important for the salvation of our souls.

Whoever reads the Psalter at night with two kathismas goes through the entire Psalter. It is more valuable to read the Psalter out loud, silently if necessary. Raise the nightly Psalter - pray for yourself and those you don’t know to the seventh generation. Daytime is also valuable. Just as leaves fall from a tree in autumn, so do sins from a person reading the Psalter.

– The Psalter drives away evil spirits. St. Barsanuphius of Optina said that every Orthodox Christian needs to read at least the Glory a day. I want to say that St. Alexander, the head of the monastery of the Never-Sleeping, introduced the Rite of the Never-Sleeping Psalter in the monasteries. It is very well written about him in the Cheti-Minea. Some spiritual giants read the entire Psalter a day on an ongoing basis. Like, for example, Simeon the Divnogorets, Parthenius of Kiev, and others. Ephraim the Syrian speaks of the psalms, so that they are constantly on our lips. This is such a sweetness - sweeter than honey and honeycombs. The law of the Lord is good to us more than thousands of gold and silver. I have loved Your commandments more than gold and topaz (Psalm 119, 127). Indeed, you read it and cannot be moved. This is wonderful! Not everything is clear when reading. But Ambrose Optinsky says that understanding comes with time. Open my eyes, and I will understand the wonders of Your law (Psalm 119:18). Let us really hope that our spiritual eyes will be opened.

QUESTION: I read several psalms today. It’s happening slowly, because at the same time I’m reading St. John Chrysostom’s “Conversations on the Psalms.” What do you say regarding kathisma 17 (Psalm 118)? I have a book of St. Theophan the Recluse “Guide to Spiritual Life”, compiled according to the interpretation of Psalm 118. Very interesting to read, “is a guide to the Christian life.” Which Psalm is closest to your spirit?

ANSWER: The Gospel and the Psalter are the 2 main books. It’s not for nothing that many people knew them by heart. It is imperative to read the Psalter every day as well. And do not neglect the psalms. Abba Ammun: “Do not neglect the psalms, because they drive away evil spirits from the soul and infuse the Holy Spirit into it.”

It is advisable to read Psalm 118 every day. Not everyone can follow this rule, but the benefits will exceed all expectations.

The main thing for us is to try to fulfill the commandments. And in this psalm there are a lot of such petitions. Since “words”, “justifications” and other words can be generalized, synonyms for the word “commandments”.

Kathisma 17 (Psalm 118) teaches us to keep the commandments.

And this is so important: Blessed are those who keep His commandments, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and enter into the city through the gates (Rev. 22:14).

If we try to keep the commandments, we thereby show our love for God. Is it so important! If you love Me, keep My commandments (John 14:15).

If it’s hard to read every day, then you need to at least every Saturday, I think. This is a day of special remembrance. It’s not only good to read the interpretation, but it’s necessary. This opens our eyes. I love all the psalms. But Blessed Augustine made the following comparison: Speaking about the 17th kathisma (Psalm 118), Blessed Augustine testifies that for a long time he could not take up the interpretation of this psalm, being struck by its depth. He said that other psalms contain moral lessons; but those are like stars scattered across the sky; and this one is like the sun, shedding abundant light at noon.

“The seventeenth kathisma is the basis of the Psalter, it must be read in its entirety, it is indivisible... Remember the seventeenth kathisma! So that the seventeenth kathisma be read every day! You won’t be able to read it in the evening, which means during the day, on the road, anywhere, but the seventeenth kathisma must be read daily. This is your spiritual savings book, this is your capital for your sins. At the ordeals, the seventeenth kathisma will already be in defense for you.” Some people think that the 17th kathisma is read only when it is her turn and there is no other way. This is not entirely true. It is good to read it every day and many pious lay people do so. —- This is a great help for the deceased! Elder schemanun Antonia

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Division of the Psalter into kathismas

There are twenty kathismas in total in the Psalter. They are approximately the same length, this is very important for the formation of kathismas, because the number of psalms in kathismas can vary even with the same length.

• The most psalms in the 18th kathisma are 15 (psalms 119-133).
• Kathisma is divided into three parts. Each part is called an article (staty from the Greek στασεις - chapter, subsection) or glory. The Glory may include one or more psalms.
• The name “glory” comes from doxology:

Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. (Three times). Lord, have mercy (three times). Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

• The Greeks call kathisma "stichology".

Text of Kathisma 17 from the Psalter, read for the departed

To the Russian reader, the text seems compositionally incoherent, because it is a translation from the ancient language of the Semitic group. The work was intended as an acrostic poem.

In the original, every eighth line of the 22 sections consistently began with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. This idea is not accidental: after all, human language is perhaps the most suitable and comprehensive metaphor for the subject of the work.

Reading kathismas in the temple

It is more convenient to outline the division of the Psalter into kathismas in the form of a table:

During worship in the temple, the 151st Psalm, which in the Greek tradition adjoins the end of the 20th kathisma, is usually not read.

The Charter says about the order in which to read the kathismas. According to the Charter, the Psalter is read in its entirety at services during the week, and during Lent - twice a week. According to the charter, kathisma set for reading on a given day is called “ordinary.”

In the weekly Divine Service, the kathismas are read as follows:

1. One at vespers.
2. Two at Matins.

Moreover, the church week begins on Sunday and the first kathisma is read on Saturday evening, which corresponds to Sunday Vespers. If on the eve of the holiday an All-Night Vigil was served, then the evening kathisma was cancelled. The charter allows for a vigil to be held on the eve of every Sunday, so there is no kathisma on Sunday evening.

A special order for reading kathismas during Great Lent:

Days of special remembrance of the dead in Orthodoxy

In addition to the Akathist about the repose of all the departed, the psalm “Immaculate” is a universal text for all memorial days, including parental Saturdays. There are nine of these in Orthodoxy. They are designated by the name of the people closest to each person - parents.

These are the days when you should remember the dead, order services (in advance, preferably in the evening, especially if you cannot attend the funeral service), and pray at home:

• Ecumenical: Trinity (before the Holy Trinity) and Meat Eating (a week before Lent);
• on the pre-Easter Pentecost: sixth day of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks;
• private: nine days after Easter Sunday - Radunitsa;
• Day of Remembrance of Orthodox Soldiers - September 11;
• Demetrius Saturday before the eighth of November - the day of remembrance of the Great Martyr Dmitry of Thessalonica;
• Commemoration of those killed in the Great Patriotic War on the day of the Great Victory.

It is very convenient to purchase an Orthodox calendar for the coming year; all fasts, days of remembrance of the dead, all holidays and much more are indicated there.

Kathisma 17

The 17th kathisma is known for the fact that it contains only one psalm - the 118th. It is divided into three parts and is called “Immaculate”. The 17th kathisma tells about the bliss of those who walked in the law of the Lord. That is, about the joy of fulfilling the commandments that the Lord gave. 17 Kathisma is traditionally read by the relatives of the deceased on the third, ninth and fortieth day after the person’s death.

Since kathisma is not read on Sunday evening, the 17th kathisma, like the 16th, is moved to Saturday and is not read on Friday. On weekdays this kathisma is read at the Midnight Office. If the holiday has polyeleos, then the ordinary kathisma is not recited at Vespers. Instead, it is customary to read the first glory of the first kathisma. On the eve of the great feasts of the Lord, there is no kathisma at Vespers, but this does not apply to Saturday evenings, when the 1st kathisma is prescribed, and Sunday evenings, when the 1st article of the 1st kathisma is read. Kathismas are prescribed for Matins even on great holidays, but this does not apply to Easter week with its special liturgical regulations. On Bright Week they do not read kathismas.

In home prayer, privately, the 17th kathisma reads like this:

After verses 1, 2, 12, 22, 25, 29, 37, 58, 66, 72, 73, 88, 93, it is customary to read “Remember, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant.” And after verse 94, 107, 114. 121, 131, 132, 133,142, 153, 159, 163, 170, 176 “Rest, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant.”

Verses 92 and 93, as well as 175 and 176 are read three times.

After the troparions prescribed after reading the kathisma, the troparia for the blameless or the troparia for the repose are read:

You have found the holy face of the source of life and the door of heaven, so that I may find the path of repentance, I am the lost sheep, call me, O Savior, and save me.

Chorus:

Blessed are You, Lord! teach me Your statutes.

The Lamb of God preached and was slain like lambs, and passed away to an ageless, holy, and everlasting life: You diligently pray for him, martyrs, to grant us permission for our debts.

Chorus:

Blessed are You, Lord! teach me Your statutes.

Having walked the narrow and sorrowful path, having carried the cross like a yoke in life and having followed Me by faith, come and enjoy the honors and heavenly crowns that are in store for you.

Chorus:

Blessed are You, Lord! teach me Your statutes.

The image is of Your ineffable glory, even if I bear the ulcers of sins, spare Your creation, Master, and cleanse with Your compassion, and grant me the desired Fatherland, creating me again as an inhabitant of paradise.

Chorus:

Blessed are You, Lord! teach me Your statutes.

In ancient times, from those who created me and honored me in Your Divine image, but by transgression of the commandment, having returned me to the earth, I was taken from it, but raised in the likeness of the hedgehog, to be recreated with ancient goodness.

Chorus:

Chorus: Blessed are You, Lord! teach me Your statutes.

Give rest, O God, to Thy servant and place him in paradise, where the faces of the saints, O Lord, and the righteous women shine like lights, give rest to Thy departed servant, despising all his sins.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit

Tri-radiant One of the Divinity, we piously sing crying out: Holy art thou, Father without beginning, Co-originating Son and Divine Soul, enlighten us, who serve Thee with faith, and snatch up the eternal fire.

And now, and ever, and unto ages of ages

Rejoice, Pure One, who gave birth to God in the flesh for the salvation of all, through whom the human race will find salvation. May we find heaven through you, Pure and Blessed Mother of God!

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, O God (three times).

Then the prayer prescribed at the end of kathisma. And “Following the departure of the soul from the body.”

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The 17th kathisma (memorial), read on days of special remembrance of the dead (read daily for 40 days after death) The meaning of the 17th kathisma During all forty days after the death of a person, his family and friends must read the Psalter. How many kathismas per day depends on the time and energy of the readers, but reading must certainly be daily. When the entire Psalter has been read, it is read first. Just don’t forget that after each “Glory...” you need to read a prayer request for the remembrance of the deceased (from “Following the departure of the soul from the body”). Prayerful request for the deceased Remember, O Lord our God, in faith and hope the life of your eternal departed servant, our brother (name), and as the Good and Lover of mankind, forgiving sins and consuming iniquities, weaken, forsake and forgive all his voluntary and involuntary sins, deliver him from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna and grant him the communion and enjoyment of Your eternal good things, prepared for those who love You: even if you sin, do not depart from You, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Your God in the Trinity of the glorified faith, and Unity in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even until his last breath of confession. Be merciful to the same, and faith, even in You instead of deeds, and with Your saints, as you are Generous, give rest: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and You are the One God of mercies and generosity, and love for mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen. According to the 17th kathisma: Trisagion, according to Our Father... And troparia, tone 2 Those who have sinned against You, O Savior, like the prodigal son: accept me, Father, repentant, and have mercy on me, O God. Glory: I call to You, Christ the Savior, with the publican’s voice: cleanse me as she did, and have mercy on me, O God. And now: Mother of God, do not despise me, demanding Your intercession: for my soul trusts in You, and have mercy on me. Lord, have mercy (40 times). Options for prayer according to the Psalter for the repose Sometimes for a one-time, but strong, that is, tangible for the deceased, commemoration, there is a tradition (and for good reason) to read from the entire book one kathisma, which, as was realized through rich church experience, is most suitable for expression feelings and moods of the deceased himself. Such a kathisma, unique and most extraordinary, beautiful not only in its content, but also in artistic expression and language, this is the 17th kathisma. It is one of not only the most beautiful, but also one of the longest in the entire text of the book. The one who reads this chapter gets the opportunity to truly, albeit relatively briefly, remember the dear deceased, to work for him (to bring God not only a word, but also an action, work), and the person praying himself receives great benefit from this for his soul. The Psalter consists of 20 sections - kathisma, each of which is divided into three “Glories”. Before reading the first kathisma, the pre-initial prayers are said before starting the reading of the Psalter. At the end of the reading of the Psalter, prayers are said after reading several kathismas or the entire Psalter. The reading of each kathisma begins with a prayer: Prayers before starting the reading of the Psalms The verbs are tender: Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen. Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee. Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Good One, our souls. Trisagion Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Read three times, with the sign of the cross and a bow from the waist.) Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake. Lord have mercy. (three times) Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Lord's Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Troparion Have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us, bewildered by any answer, we offer this prayer to You as the Master of sin: have mercy on us. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: The honor of Thy prophet, O Lord, is a triumph, Heaven shows the Church, the Angels rejoice with men. By your prayers, O Christ God, guide our belly in peace, so that we may sing to You: Alleluia. And now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen: My many and many sins, Mother of God, have come to You, O Pure One, demanding salvation: visit my weak soul and pray to Your Son and our God to grant me forgiveness for the evil deeds, O Blessed One. Lord have mercy, 40 times. And bow down, so powerfully. The same prayer to the Holy Life-Giving Trinity: All-holy Trinity, God and Creator of the whole world, hasten and direct my heart, begin with reason and finish the good works of these God-inspired books, even the Holy Spirit will vomit the lips of David, which I now want to say, I, unworthy, meaning my own ignorance, falling down, I pray to Thee, and ask You for help: Lord, guide my mind and confirm my heart, not about the words of the lips of this cold, but about the mind of those who say, rejoice, and prepare to do good deeds, even as I learn, and I say: yes Enlightened by good deeds, at the judgment of the right hand of Your land I will be a partaker with all Your chosen ones. And now, Vladyka, bless, and, sighing from my heart, I will sing with my tongue, saying to my face: Come, let us worship our King God. Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God. Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. Just wait a little, until all your feelings calm down. Then make the beginning not quickly, without laziness, with tenderness and a contrite heart. Rtsy quietly and intelligently, with attention, and not struggling, as the verb is understood with the mind. Come, let us worship our King God. Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God. Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. When reading the kathisma for each “Glory” it is said: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, glory to Thee, O God! (three times) Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Remember, O Lord our God, in the faith and hope of the eternal life, Thy servant [or: Thy handmaid], our brother [or: our sister] [name], who reposed (before the 40th day from the day of death - “newly reposed”), and who is Good and Lover of Mankind , forgive sins and consume untruths, weaken, forsake and forgive all his [or: her] sins, voluntary and involuntary, deliver him [or: yu] eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna, and grant him [or: her] communion and eternal pleasure Your good things, prepared for those who love You: even if you sin, do not depart from You, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, God glorify You in the Trinity, faith, and the Unity in the Trinity and the Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even to its last sighs of confession. In the same way, be merciful to him [or: to that] and have faith in You instead of deeds, and with Your saints as You give generous rest: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and You are the One God of mercies and generosity, and love for mankind, and to You we send glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen. And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen. Then the reading of the psalms of kathisma continues. At the end of the kathisma it is read: Trisagion, Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Read three times, with the sign of the cross and a bow from the waist.) Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake. Lord have mercy. (three times) Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Lord's Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Troparions of the deceased From the spirits of the righteous who have passed away, the soul of Thy servant, O Savior, give rest, preserving it in the blessed life that is with You, O Lover of Mankind In Thy chamber, O Lord: where all Thy saints rest, rest also the soul of Thy servant, for Thou art the only Lover of Mankind, Glory to the Father and Son and Holy Spirit. You are God, Who descended into hell and loosed the bonds of the bound, May You Himself and the soul of Your servant give rest. And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. One Pure and Immaculate Virgin, who gave birth to God without a seed, pray for the salvation of his soul. Then the prayer laid down at the end of the kathisma is read: According to the 1st kathisma, Lord Almighty, Incomprehensible, the beginning of light and the supreme power, like the Hypostatic Word, the Father and the One-Powered Emitter of Your Spirit: merciful for the sake of mercy and ineffable goodness, not despising human nature, the content of sin, but the Divine lights of Your sacred teachings, the law and prophets who shine upon the world, grant us that Your only begotten Son, who is pleased to shine in the flesh and instruct us in the illumination of Your enlightenment: may Your ears be attentive to the voice of our prayer, and grant us, O God, in vigil and sobriety heart, the whole night of this present life may pass away, awaiting the coming of Thy Son and our God, the judge of all, so that we may not recline and sleep, but be awake and lifted up to do Thy commandments and come to His joy, where those who celebrate the unceasing voice and the ineffable sweetness of those who behold Thy faces of unspeakable kindness. For You are a Good and Lover of Mankind, and we send glory to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, amen. According to the 2nd kathisma, Master Almighty, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Only Begotten Son, grant unto me an undefiled body, a pure heart, a vigorous mind, an unlost mind, the influx of the Holy Spirit, to the acquisition and contentment of the truth in Thy Christ: with Him is glory due to Thee , honor and worship, with the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, amen. According to the 3rd kathisma, Lord Almighty, the Word of the Eternal Father, Self-perfect God Jesus Christ, for the sake of Thy unconditional mercy, do not part with Thy servants, but rest ever in them, do not forsake me, Thy servant, O All-Holy King, but give to me, the unworthy, the joy of Thy salvation and enlighten my mind with the light of the knowledge of Thy Gospel, bind my soul to the love of Thy Cross, adorn my body with Thy dispassion, calm my thoughts and keep my nose from creeping, and do not destroy me with my iniquities, Good Lord, but tempt me, God, enlighten my heart, test me and guide me in my paths, and see if the path of iniquity is in me, and turn me away from it, and guide me on the eternal path. For You are the Way, and the Truth, and the Life, and we send up glory to You with Your Beginning Father and the Most Holy, and Good, and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen. According to the 4th kathisma, I confess my sins to You, Lord, the only Good and Unmemorable One. But, my Lord, Lord, grant me tears of compunction, the only Blessed and Merciful One, for with them I beg You to be cleansed before the end from all sin: for it is a terrible and menacing place for the Imam to pass through, our bodies being separated, and a multitude of dark and inhuman demons will bury me, and no one can help or deliver. Thus I bow down to Your goodness, do not betray those who offend me, below let my enemies boast about me, Good Lord, below let them say: you came into our hands, and you are betrayed to us. Neither, Lord, do not forget Your bounties and do not repay me for my iniquity, and do not turn Your face away from me: but You, Lord, punish me, both with mercy and bounty. Let my enemy not rejoice over me, but extinguish his reproaches against me and abolish all his actions, and give me a reproachful path to You, Good Lord: even though I have sinned, I have not resorted to another doctor, and I have not stretched my hand to a foreign god. , do not reject my prayer, but hear me with Your goodness and strengthen my heart with Your fear, and may Your grace be upon me, Lord, like fire that burns up unclean thoughts in me. For you are, Lord, light, more than any light; joy, more than any joy; peace, more than any peace; true life and salvation that endures forever and ever, Amen. According to the 5th kathisma, Righteous and Praiseworthy God, Great and Mighty God, Eternal God, hear the sinful man’s prayer at this hour: hear me, who promise to hear those who call on You in truth, and do not hate me, having unclean lips and holding hope in sins all the ends of the earth and those who wander far. Take the weapon and the shield and rise up to help me: pour out the sword and make a stand against those who persecute me. Ban the unclean spirit from the face of my madness, and let the spirit of hatred and resentment, the spirit of envy and flattery, the spirit of fear and despondency, the spirit of pride and all other malice be separated from my thoughts; and may all kindling and movement of my flesh, caused by the devil’s action, be extinguished, and may my soul and body and spirit be enlightened by the light of Your Divine knowledge: may I, through the multitude of Your bounty, achieve the union of faith, in a perfect husband, according to the measure of my age, and glorify with the Angels and by all Your saints, Your most honorable and magnificent name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, Amen. According to the 6th kathisma, We thank Thee, O Lord our God, for all Thy good deeds, even from the first age to the present in us, the unworthy, the former, about those known and unknown, about those revealed and unmanifested, those that were in deed, and in the word: beloved us, just as you were willing to give Your Only Begotten Son for us. Make us worthy of Your love. Grant with Your word wisdom and with Your fear inhale strength from Your power, and whatever we want or don’t want to sin, forgive, and not impute, and preserve our holy soul, and present it to Your Throne, having a clear conscience, and the end is worthy of Your love for mankind. And remember, O Lord, all who call upon Thy name in truth: remember all who desire good or evil against us: for all are men, and every man is in vain. We also pray to You, Lord: grant us Your great mercy. According to the 7th kathisma, Lord, my God, as you are Good and Lover of Mankind, you have done many mercies to me, which you never expected to see, and what will I repay to your goodness, my Lord, Lord? I thank Your much-sung name, I thank Your inscrutable kindness towards me, I thank Your unconditional long-suffering. And from now on, intercede, and help me, and cover me, Master, from everyone who has no one to sin before You: for You weigh my favored nature, You weigh my madness, You weigh what I have done, even in knowledge and not in knowledge, even voluntary and involuntary, even in the night and in the days, and in the mind, and thoughts, for God is good and a lover of mankind, cleanse me with the dew of Thy mercy, Most Good Lord, and save us for the sake of Thy holy name, in the image of destinies. For You are Light and Truth and Life, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen. According to the 8th kathisma, Lord, Generous and Merciful, Long-suffering and Many-merciful, inspire prayer and listen to the voice of my prayer: create a sign for good with me, guide me on Your path, to walk in Your truth, make my heart glad, in order to fear Your name Holy One, you are great and work miracles. You are the One God, and there is no one like You in God, O Lord, Mighty in mercy, and Good in strength, to help and comfort, and to save all who trust in Your name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever forever and ever, amen. According to the 9th kathisma, Master Lord, our God, who alone is the cursed ailment of my soul and knows how to sow healing, heal me as if I were weighed, for the sake of the multitude of Thy mercy and Thy bounty, since there is no plaster to apply to her from my deeds, lower than oil, lower than duty , but You, who came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance, have mercy, be generous, forgive me, tear up the handwriting of many of my and student’s deeds and guide me on Your right path, so that, walking in Your truth, I will be able to avoid the arrows of the evil one and stand before my face without condemnation before Your terrible throne, glorifying and singing Your Most Holy Name forever, amen. According to the 10th kathisma, Lord our God, Rich in mercy and incomprehensible in bounties, One by nature Sinless, and for our sakes except for sin, having become a Man, hear this painful prayer of mine at this hour, for I am poor and wretched because of good deeds, and my heart my turmoil inside me. For you weigh, the Highest King, Lord of heaven and earth, for all my youth I lived in sins and followed the lusts of my flesh, all the laughter was a demon, all the devil followed, I will take out in the time of pleasures wallow, darkened by thoughts from infancy, even Until now, I never wanted to do Your holy will, but I was captivated by the passions that plagued me, I was filled with laughter and reproach by the demon, not even thinking in my mind like the unbearable anger of a hedgehog at the sinners of Your rebuke, and the lying fiery Gehenna. As if from here I fell into despair, and as though I had no feeling of conversion, I was empty and naked from Your friendship. What kind of sin have you not committed? What deed has the demon not done? What cold and prodigal deed have you not accomplished with advantage and diligence? The mind has been desecrated by the memories of the flesh, the body has been desecrated by the confusion, the spirit has been desecrated by the combination of defilements, I have loved all the pleasures of my damned flesh to serve and work with sin. And who else will not weep for me, the accursed one? Who will not weep for me, condemned? I am the only one, O Lord, who has provoked Your wrath, I am the only one who has kindled Your anger against me, I am the only one who has created evil before You, having surpassed and conquered all sinners from the ages, who have sinned incomparably and unforgivenly. But since you are the Most Merciful, the Compassionate One, the Lover of Mankind, and waiting for human conversion, I bring myself before Thy terrible and unbearable judgment, and as if I touched Your most pure feet, I cry to Thee from the depths of my soul: cleanse, Lord, forgive, Benefactor, have mercy on my infirmity. , bow to my bewilderment, listen to my prayer and do not silence my tears, accept me who repents, and convert the erring one, who turns around and prays, forgive me. You have not ordained repentance for the righteous, you have not ordained forgiveness for those who do not sin, but you have ordained repentance for me, a sinner, for the same things I have done in Your indignation; Heavenly, from the severity of my sins we dance. Enlighten the eyes of my heart and give me tenderness for repentance, and contrition of heart for correction, so that with good hope and true assurance I will go to the world there, praising and blessing I will take out Your all-holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and forever and ever, amen. According to the 11th kathisma, Shine in our hearts, O Lord of mankind, Your imperishable light of knowledge of God, and open our mental eyes, in Your gospel sermons understanding, put fear in us and the blessed of Your commandments, so that all carnal lusts may be overcome, we will pass through spiritual life, all , even for Your good pleasure, both in wisdom and in action. For You are the enlightenment of our souls and bodies, O Christ God, and we send up glory to You, with Your Originless Father and Your All-Holy, Good, and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, Amen. According to the 12th kathisma, Lord my God, the One Good and Humane, the One Merciful and Meek, the One True and Righteous, the One Generous and Merciful our God: may Thy power come upon me, Thy sinful and indecent servant, and may He strengthen my temple with the Gospel Thy Divine teaching, Lord and Lover of Mankind, Lover of Love, Lover of Grace, enlighten my womb and all souls with Thy will. Cleanse me from all malice and sin: keep me undefiled and blameless from every inspiration and action of the devil, and grant me, according to Your goodness, Your understanding, Your wisdom, and in Your desires to live, To fear Your fear, to do what is pleasing to You until my last sighs, because by Your inscrutable mercy You have preserved my body and soul, and my mind and thoughts, and have not been tempted by any opposing network of the temple. My Lord, Lord, cover me with Your compassion, and do not forsake me, a sinner, and an unclean, and an unworthy servant of Yours: for You are my Protector, Lord, and I sing about You, and we send up glory to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy One. To the Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, Amen. According to the 13th kathisma, Holy Lord, Who lives on high, and with Your all-seeing eye look down upon all creation. We bow our necks to You, soul and body, and we pray to You, Holy of Holies: stretch out Your invisible hand from Your holy dwelling, and bless us all: and if we have sinned against You, willingly or unwillingly, for God is Good and Lover of Mankind, forgive us, and grant us peace and blessings. Yours. For it is Thine to have mercy and to save, our God, and to Thee we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, amen. According to the 14th kathisma, We thank Thee, O Lord God of our salvation, for Thou hast done everything for the benefit of our lives, for Thou hast given us rest in the past night time, and Thou hast raised us up from our beds, and Thou hast placed us in the worship of Thy honorable and glorious name. We also pray to You, Lord: give us grace and strength, so that we may be worthy of You to sing wisely and pray unceasingly: and I will look to You, the Savior and Benefactor of our souls, with fear and trembling, our salvation working. Hear now and have mercy, O Compassionate One, on us: crush under our feet the invisible warriors and enemies: accept according to the strength of our thanksgiving: give us grace and strength to open our mouths, and teach us by Your justification. As if we would not pray as we should, except You, Lord, guide us with Your Holy Spirit. If you have sinned even before the present hour, in word, or deed, or thought, willfully or involuntarily, relax, forgive, forgive. If you see iniquity, Lord, Lord, who will stand? For You have purification, You have deliverance. You are the only Holy One, the Mighty Helper, and the Protector of our life, and we bless You forever, amen. According to the 15th kafism, Lord Jesus Christ, you are my assistant, in your hands, help me, do not leave me to sin to you, as I am mistaken, do not leave me to follow my will, do not contempt me, Lord, like Imprint. You are weighing healthy to me, do not leave me to die my sins, do not leave me, Lord, do not step back from Men, like you, teach me to create your will, as you are my God. My soul has been healed, as if sinned by Ty, saved me for your mercy, as before the essence of all the trickers, and to carry me a different refuge, you, Lord. Yes, they will be ashamed of all over me and my soul, hedgehog, as you are the only one, Lord, in all, and yours is glory forever and ever, Amen. According to the 16th kafism, the saint, in the alive, and with your eye-all-bearing an eye to the whole creature, we will include your souls and television, and we pray to you, the holy of the saints: your hand is overwhelmed from the holy dwelling, and bless all of us, and bless the whole. Forgive us all sinning, while free and involuntary, in a word or deed. Give us, Lord, tenderness, give us the spiritual tears from the heart, to the purification of many of our sins, grant your great mercy to your world and for us the unworthy slaves. It is like blessed and alerted to eat your name, father and son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever, Amen. According to the 17th kafism of the Lord, God is the Almighty and the creative of everyone, the generosity of the Father, and the mercy of God, who created man from the earth, and showing us in your image and in likeness, and thereby the magnificent name of your name on the Earth, and is stolen by a crime of your commandments , packs for the best haunted by your ego in your Christ, and erected to heaven: thank you, as if you multiplied yours on me, and did not betray me with my enemy at the end, to expose me to the gap of hell, I left me lower with lawlessness with lawlessness mine. Now, Many -Mistilosty and Love, Lord, do not at least expect the death of a sinner, but wait for the appeal, and accept: the same overthrow, crushed, riveted, turn both to repentance, and overthrowed, and crushed healed: Remember your generously, and even yours from the age of age. Inexperienced goodness and my immense, forget the lawlessness, even in a word and in a word, and think: allow the blinding of my heart, and give me tears of tenderness to cleanse the filth of my thoughts. Hear, Lord, Vonmi, Human Libe, Clean, Blessed, and from the torment of the reigning passions, my cursed soul of Svobody. And it’s not a sin that contains me, below, the Borizer Demon can be on me, it leads me below to my desire, but you are with your hand with your hand, eh of the rule, you reign in me, the good and philanthropic Lord, and all your being, and all your being, and all your being, and all your beings. Live to me the other according to your good will. And give the indescribable goodness of the heart purification, the mouth of the storage, the correctness of the deeds, the wisdom of the humble, the world of thoughts, the silence of my spiritual forces, the spiritual joy, true love, long -suffering, goodness, meekness, the faith of nonsense, abstinence is an excessive, and all of me to the good fruits of the fulfill Giving your holy spirit. And do not bring me to the preposition of my days, below the inexpensive and Netovo my soul is delighted, but committing me with your perfection, and such a real life, as if the past and the power of darkness is uncleaned, your grace of Uzeru and Az is an impregnable kindness of kindness, the indescribable kind of glory, the indescribable kind, is the indescribable, unimaginable. With all your holy, they are also consecrated in them, and you have become famous and the great name, your father and son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever, Amen. According to the 18th kafism, Lord, but not your rage of Menee, below your anger. Владыко Господи Иисусе Христе, Сыне Бога Живаго, помилуй мя, грешнаго, нищаго, обнаженнаго, лениваго, нерадиваго, прекословнаго, окаяннаго, блудника, прелюбодея, малакия, мужеложника, сквернаго, блуднаго, неблагодарнаго, немилостиваго, жестокаго, пияницу, сожженнаго совестию, безличнаго , non -constrainted, unrequited, unworthy of your philanthropy, and worthy of all torment, and hell, and torment. And not for the sake of many of my sad sinaries, put the set, the deliverer, torment; But I have mercy on, as if I am impersent by the soul, and the flesh, and the mind, and with thoughts, and the weights of fate, you will save me, the unworthy servant of your, by the prayers of the pure ruler of our Virgin, and all the saints, from the age of the century: it is blessed to be blessed in The eyelids of centuries, Amen. According to the 19th kafism of Lord Christ God, my passions are healing with your passion and my ulcers is my worry, grant me, a lot of tears of tenderness to you, my body from the smell of your life-giving body, and enjoy my soul with your honest blood from the sorrows , with it, the resistor is drunk. Raise my mind to You, which has been drawn down below, and lift me from the abyss of destruction, as I am not the imam of repentance, not the imam of tenderness, not the imam of comforting tears, leading children to their inheritance. My mind has been darkened by worldly passions, I cannot look to You in illness, I cannot warm myself with tears, even love for You, but, Master Lord Jesus Christ, Treasure of the Good, grant me complete repentance, and a heart laboring to seek Yours, grant me grace Yours, and renew in me the eyes of Your image. Forsaken Thee, do not forsake me, go out to seek me, lead me to Thy pasture, and number me among the sheep of Thy chosen flock, educate me with them from the grain of Thy Divine mysteries, through the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother and all Thy saints, amen. According to the 20th kafism, Lord Jesus Christ, my God, have mercy on me, sinful, and I'm sorry, an unworthy servant of your, firing through all my abdomen, and even to the day, and if there were a person who have sinned, my free sins and involuntary , with business and word, even with mind and thought, even from copulation and inattention, and many of my laziness and negligence. In your name, swearing, and even a hool of thought, or someone reproach, or slander, or saddened, or in a wicked angry, or an outskirts, or fornication, or Solgi, or secretly Yarov, or a friend achieved to me, and despair eh, or brother of insults and overgrowths, or standing in prayer and psalmopenia, my crazy mind on a crafty man, or more than the lapago, or laugh insanely, or blasphemous, or conceited, or proud, or kindness of vain video and soured from it and seduced from her or ridiculous to me, I got a bit. As soon as the prayer of my negligns, or the commandments of my father’s clergy is not retaining, or idol, or in the other, the crafty, this is all and that I also remember them, I also remember them below. Have mercy, Lord, and forgive me all, but I’ll fall asleep in the world and clean, and blessing, and glorifying, with your hopeless father and with the Blessed, and good, and your life -life, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

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Tarot system and Psalm 118. Esoterics

For me, the Bible is not even a hobby, it is WORK. Hard work! Daily study! Do you remember that the Bible has 1189 chapters. The Psalter, or Book of Psalms, has 150 chapters in total. At one time I was very interested in the 119th (118), the longest of the psalms at twenty-two stanzas. Each stanza contains eight verses, so 22*8. What am I talking about? Having thrown away all the past Soviet years (with my upbringing - there is NO God.), I saw the meaning of the Bible in a completely different way! In the study of the Tarot Arcana. Yes Yes! exactly the Major Arcana! Description of all 22 Major Arcana. About the Minor Arcana and the Bible - another time! We can talk about the Psalter and its magical effects! Or let's not touch this topic!

OK. Let's meet?! Perhaps I'll give you one more little hint. OK! not small... I know... but! with great desire and zeal - you will figure it out! This is a little difficult at first!... “The first damn thing is lumpy!” So! We open Psalm 118 (in Masoretic numbering – 119th). Let's get out the tarot deck... Today I'm taking out the ShadowsCape Tarot (by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law). You can take your favorite talking deck and check the psalm with each arcana!... We see - 22 verses (*8 stanzas), 22 letters, 22 Major Arcana.

Designation of the Chapter-Letters in the Russian Bible (synodal translation), as we read from 1 to 8 = Aleph, then from 9 to 18 = Beth, etc.: 1-8 (Aleph 0 Jester) The Bliss of Those Who Keep His Law 9-18 ( Beth - I Magician) Holiness is the fruit of observing the Law of the Lord 17-24 (Gimel - II Priestess) Eyes to see the miracles of the Lord 25-32 (Daleth - III Empress) Prayer for understanding the ways of the Lord 33-40 (He - IV Emperor) Loyalty to the basis of the promises of God 41-48 (Vav - V Hierophant) Salvation according to the word of the Lord 49-56 (Zayin - VI Lovers) The Word of the Lord is a source of hope and consolation 57-62 (Cheth - VII Chariot) My destiny is to keep Your words 65-72 (Lamed – VIII Lust) Teaching the words of the Lord through suffering 73-80 (Yod – IX Hermit) The Law of the Lord is the basis for the communication of the faithful 81-88 (Kath – X Wheel of Fortune) Thirst for peace and consolation 89-96 (Teth – XI Justice ) The Immutability of the Law of the Lord 97-104 (Mem - XII Hanged Man) Love for the law of God 105 -112 (Nun - XIII Death) The Word of the Lord is a lamp to my feet 113-120 (Samekh - XIV Moderation) The Word of the Lord is my covering and my shield 121 -128 (Ayin - XV Devil) The Psalmist kept the Law of the Lord 129-136 (Pe - XVI Tower) Prayer to keep the Law of the Lord 137-144 (Tzaddi - XVII Star) The Lord and His Law are righteous 145-152 (Koph - XVIII Moon) Invocation about salvation 153-160 (Resh - XIX Sun) Keeping the Law of the Lord in trouble 161-168 (Shin - XX Judgment) Prayer for deliverance from persecution 169-178 (Tau - XXI Universe) Closing prayer

Contents of the Psalm

The psalm has no inscription in the Hebrew text of the Bible; its content is revealed already in the first line: “Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” (Hebrew ‏ ת יְהוָה ‏‎). This is the prayer of a person who finds the main blessing of life in the words of the Lord, that is, in the Torah. The psalmist expresses admiration for the perfection of God's law and speaks of the importance of fulfilling it. Each verse of the psalm (except 123) contains one of the following words: law, revelation, way, command, commandment, statute, judgment, word. All these words in the original are synonyms of the word “Torah”.

Theophan, Bishop of Tambov, in his book dedicated to the interpretation of this psalm, spoke about its content:

Each verse is a prayer, but everything is about one thing - about fulfilling the law of the Lord. The soul, realizing that salvation is only in God, through the fulfillment of His holy will, talks with God, begging Him to enlighten, admonish, strengthen, deliver from internal temptations and external troubles, restore from falls, deliver from enemies, in a word - to grant it, His mercy, to be pleasing to Him.

There are different opinions about the authorship and time of writing. The psalm begins with the word “Blessed”, with which, according to Jewish tradition, King David began the most important psalms for him. He could have written this psalm as an edifying one to teach his son Solomon. On the other hand, the psalm says a lot about lawbreakers and the hostile environment that has developed around the psalmist. This makes it possible to assume that the psalm was written in the 6th-5th centuries. BC e., during the Babylonian captivity or under Ezra and Nehemiah. In the Septuagint the psalm is inscribed "Alleluia" (Ἀλληλούϊα).

The meaning of the 17th kathisma from the Psalter

The lengthy song is dedicated to a Christian’s understanding of the enormous significance of God for him. The lyrical hero shares the gracious and intimate response of his soul to the Law of the Lord - that is why this is not only a deeply personal prayer, but also pure beautiful poetry.

Almost every verse contains a new epithet for God's word: behavior, judgment, command, testimony, statutes, revelations, path, decree, law. It awakens in the soul of the singer a wealth of feelings and experiences: joy, love, worship, thirst, zealous desire for truth and goodness, frankness, anxious feelings about one’s own dignity before the Creator and at the same time the boldness to ask him for protection and enlightenment.

The most common word here is “I”: this is the revelation of a heart touched by the Divine and convinced of the great goodness of the order He creates. The interpretation of kathisma recreates the true spiritual practice of a Christian. And for whom is it more important to touch it, if not for the soul that is about to appear before the Heavenly Father?

Liturgical use

In Judaism, the use of a psalm is inextricably linked with its alphabetical structure: in prayer for the sick or for the deceased, it is customary to read the verses corresponding to the letters of the name of the person for whom they are praying.

The twelfth verse of the psalm “Blessed are You, O Lord! teach me your statutes” (בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה לַמְּדֵנִי חֻקֶּיךָ) contains the formula with which all Jewish blessings begin. In this regard, in the Jewish tradition it is accepted that if a person begins to say a blessing by mistake (and one cannot pronounce a blessing in vain), he gets out of the situation by reciting this verse.

In Orthodoxy, Psalm 118 is known by one of the first words as “Immaculate” (Greek Αμωμος) and constitutes a separate kathisma (17th). Like all kathismas, it is divided into three parts for the reading of the accepted doxology (“Glory”), and since there is only one psalm, the divisions are made in the text of the psalm itself: after the 72nd and 131st verses. This psalm is read at the weekday (daily) midnight office, at Saturday, and sometimes at Sunday matins (as the kathisma set for this day). It is part of funeral and memorial services, where it is sung with the refrain “Alleluia” after each verse, which expresses confidence in the final victory over death granted through the atoning sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus Christ. At Matins on Holy Saturday, Psalm 118 is performed with special refrains (praises), being the central part of this service.

In Syrian rites, the psalm is included in the group “Lord, I have cried” and is read as part of it at Vespers.

How to spend 40 days after the death of a relative

Orthodox believe that on the fortieth day the soul of the deceased visits loved ones for the last time before appearing before God's judgment. She needs encouragement and guidance - there is still time for enlightenment and transformation to eternal life.

This is helped by the church memorial service, in the fifth tone of which the refrain is the twelfth verse of Psalm 118: “Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your commandments.”

All loved ones of the deceased are supposed to do good deeds to save the deceased (donating lean products to the temple, buying a candle, giving alms to a beggar).

It is recommended to be in church as often as possible in these first forty days, submit notes, order magpies and services for days 3, 9, 40, and pray as hard as possible.

It is allowed to gather at the funeral table, remembering the deceased, but this action is necessary specifically for those who remained, and not for the one whose soul has already left the body. Alcohol will weaken the spiritual connection of those present with the traveling soul - it is not needed at the wake.

It is good to pray together and have conversations that encourage reflection on the meaning of life and death. The clergy especially recommend reading Kathisma 17, which fully includes Psalm 118.

What does Wednesday mean in Psalm 119?

• Grigory Razumovsky, prot. Explanation of the Holy Book of Psalms

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