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KATHISMA - 1) A kathisma (pl. kathismas or kathismata; from Grk. kathemai, "sit") is a twentieth part of the Psalter, that is, a section conveniently readable in one sitting or session. Each of the twenty kathismas is subdivided into 3 sections called stases or antiphons. A kathisma is often followed by meditative expository hymns called sessional hymns (from Latin "sedere", "sit"; Grk. "kathismata", Slav."sedalny").
The divisions of the psalms into kathismata is as follows (using the Septuagint numbering):
| Kathisma |
Stasis 1 Psalm numbers |
Stasis 2 Psalm numbers |
Stasis 3 Psalm numbers |
| 1 |
1-3 |
4-6 |
7-8 |
| 2 |
9-10 |
11-13 |
14-16 |
| 3 |
17 |
18-20 |
21-23 |
| 4 |
24-26 |
27-29 |
30-31 |
| 5 |
32-33 |
34-35 |
36 |
| 6 |
37-39 |
40-42 |
43-45 |
| 7 |
46-48 |
49-50 |
51-54 |
| 8 |
55-57 |
58-60 |
61-63 |
| 9 |
64-66 |
67 |
68-69 |
| 10 |
70-71 |
72-73 |
74-76 |
| 11 |
77 |
78-80 |
81-84 |
| 12 |
85-87 |
88 |
89-90 |
| 13 |
91-93 |
94-96 |
97-100 |
| 14 |
101-102 |
103 |
104 |
| 15 |
105 |
106 |
107-108 |
| 16 |
109-111 |
112-114 |
115-117 |
| 17 |
118:1-72 |
118:73-131 |
118:132-176 |
| 18 |
119-123 |
124-128 |
129-133 |
| 19 |
134-136 |
137-139 |
140-142 |
| 20 |
143-144 |
145-147 |
148-150 |
(see chart of Daily Readings from the Orthodox Psalter)
2) Also, it is the second Kanon that is sung at Matins on certain holidays.
3) Also, KATHISMA (SEDALEN) – 'Sitting' A hymn sung (or said) following the Third Ode of a Canon and in many other places where sitting is permitted.
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