Reading of the Psalter

DIVISION OF THE PSALTER INTO KATHISMA

The Orthodox Psalter (Book of Psalms) is divided into 20 kathisma. Each kathisma is divided into three stases (or “Glories”). We are now giving the distribution of the psalms into kathisma and stases. (We are using the Septuagint rendering).

KathismaStasis 1Stasis 2Stasis 3
11-34-67-8
29-1011-1314-16
31718-2021-23
424-2627-2930-31
532-3334-3536
637-3940-4243-45
746-4849-5051-54
855-5758-6061-63
964-666768-69
1070-7172-7374-76
117778-8081-84
1285-878889-90
1391-9394-9697-100
14101-102103104
15105106107-108
16109-111112-114115-117
17118:1-72118:72-131118:121-176
18119-123124-128129-133
19134-136137-139140-142
20143-144145-147148-150