Each of the twenty kathismas is subdivided into 3 sections called stases or antiphons. Two kathismata, 16 and 17, form an extended meditation on god's law, which is moved to saturday This system is also used from december 20 to january 14 (the liturgical days of the christmas/theophany season), and during meatfare and cheesefare weeks. In the back of most psalters, there is a schedule of the kathisma readings throughout the week If you follow the weekly kathismata reading schedule as prescribed, then you will have read through the entire psalter in the course of a week During great lent, you read through it twice in a week.
The psalter according to the seventy here you can access individual chapters and kathisma of the the psalter according to the seventy Kathismata range from 1 to 20 Chapters range from 1 to 151 (there's an extra psalm in the septuagint.) For reading at the orthodox services, the psalter is divided into 20 sections called kathismas (“sittings”) Kathisma (the name is greek for seat) was more than just a church Archaeologists describe it as a martyrium — a structure intended to bear witness to the christian faith by commemorating an event in the life of christ, a martyr or other holy person.
The 150 psalms of the psalter are presented here, divided into twenty sections of roughly equal length, known as kathisma that can be read or chanted in one sitting or session. The word kathisma is a greek word, meaning “seat”
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