Kathisma

In the liturgy of the Orthodox Churches, the term has Kathisma (plural: the Kathismata to play in German about using session ) are as follows:

• In a narrower sense: One of a total of 20 approximately equal length sections of the Psalter according to the usual classification in the Orthodox Church. These are the liturgy of the Orthodox monks read in a fixed weekly rhythm ( three Kathismata per working day, Sundays two). Each Kathisma consists of three subsections called stasis, after which follows each a doxology. In the Psalm reading you sit while the doxology is spoken while standing.
• In so-called poetic Kathismen is troparia. In the first part of the Orthros followed by three Psalmenkathismen ever a poetic Kathisma, of which the first two from each of two troparia and Theo Tokion (Mary worship ) exist. The third poetic Kathisma is on Sundays, with the exception of festivals, which have their own Katismen, been reduced to the Hypakoi. Poetic Kathismen are always after the third ode of Orthros.
• In a broader sense: a part of the service, during which you can sit. Sitting is very rare in the Orthodox Sunday Liturgy, which is why Orthodox churches for laymen do not have benches and chairs on not. However, the Liturgy of the Hours of the monks know the seats during the above mentioned Psalm reading and during certain other readings on special occasions. During the reading of the Kathismen you sit, but at the end, one rises to the doxology and prayer.