PsalterPsalms for prayer in every circumstance of life: to praise and thank God, offer repentance, and find comfort in sorrow. Prayers Before Reading the PsalterPsalter. Kathisma 1"Blessed is the man" — the beginning of the Sunday liturgical cycle at Vespers.Psalter. Kathisma 2Psalter. Kathisma 3Psalter. Kathisma 4Psalter. Kathisma 5Psalter. Kathisma 6Psalter. Kathisma 7Psalter. Kathisma 8Especially read at Matins on Thursday of the 5th week of Great Lent, on the day the Great Canon is read.Psalter. Kathisma 9Psalter. Kathisma 10Psalter. Kathisma 11Psalter. Kathisma 12Psalter. Kathisma 13Psalter. Kathisma 14Psalter. Kathisma 15Psalter. Kathisma 16Psalter. Kathisma 17"The Blameless" — the main memorial kathisma; read for the departed, especially on the 3rd, 9th, and 40th days and on Memorial Saturdays.Psalter. Kathisma 18"Songs of Ascents"; often read at Vespers on weekdays during the winter and Lenten cycles.Psalter. Kathisma 19Psalter. Kathisma 20Prayers After Reading the Psalter