In time for Lent ... please ...

MJ. Smith
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edited November 20 in Resources Forum

Please make the reading of St. John Climacus' The Ladder of Divine Ascent which is a traditional Byzantine Christian Lenten reading available as a predefined plan in Verbum. It can be found many places but here is one:

Table for Reading The Ladder of Divine Ascent during the Great Fast (Lent)

Week Day Third Hour Sixth Hour Ninth Hour
First Mon. 1:1-7 1:8-18 1:19-27
Tue. 2 3:1-15 3:16-29
Wed. 4:1-10 4:11-15 4:16-22
Thu. 4:23-26 4:27-30 4:31-34
Fri. 4:35-41 4:42-57 4:58-71
Second Mon. 4:72-91 4:92-109 4:110-112
Tue. 4:113-126 5:1-12 5:13-18
Wed. 5:19-23 5:24-28 5:29-42
Thu. 6 7:1-16 7:17-31
Fri. 7:32-47 7:48-56 7:57-70
Third Mon. 8:1-18 8:19-29 9
Tue. 10 11 12
Wed. 13 14:1-23 14:24-36
Thu. 15:1-16 15:17-29 15:30-41
Fri. 15:42-55 15:56-65 15:66-75
Fourth Mon. 15:76-81 15:82-90 16
Tue. 17 18 19
Wed. 20 21 22:1-28
Thu. 22:29-46 23:1-18 23:19-37
Fri. 23:38-52 24:1-19 24:20-34
Fifth Mon. 25:1-9 25:10-29 25:30-51
Tue. 25:52-69 26:1:16 26:17-27
Wed. 26:28-50 26:51-69 26:70-88
Thu. 26:89-109 26:110-123 26:124-139
Fri. 26:140-153 26:154-170 26:171-189
Sixth Mon. 26a:1-37 26a:38-65 27:1-16
Tue. 27:17-28 27:29-40 27:41-56
Wed. 27:57-70 27:71-87 28:1-16
Thu. 28:17-29 28:30-50 28:51-64
Fri. 29 30:1-19 30:20-end

Originally posted at Byzantine Ramblings

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."